13156 Barrier Highway

Little Topar NSW 2880

Combined this significant pastoral aggregation delivers 3 homesteads; 2 x raised shearing sheds; 2 x shearers quarters with amenities; extensive shedding; mains & solar power plus back-up generator.

The holdings complement each other and are ideally located in a prized location, 60km east of Broken Hill with Barrier Highway frontage, delivering all the essential elements of scale, versatility, productivity, excellent breeding country, finishing country in season, ideally suited to both sheep & cattle; estimated carrying capacity of 13,500 DSE.

The Treloar & Metford creeks deliver to the expansive flood-out, Lake & swamp catchment zones; well-planned paddocks & water infrastructure are based around the 8 bores, 18 earth dams, supporting pipelines, servicing the numerous receiving tanks and troughs.

Location: Metford with double frontage to the Barrier highway; 60 kms east of Broken Hill. Langidoon homestead adjoins Metford 25 km north of the Barrier highway.

Services: Mains power to Metford; Langidoon with a fully integrated solar power plus battery system and generator; Broken Hill provides all the essential services to facilitate and support such an operation.

Improvements: Langidoon with a 3 BR double brick homestead, plus a 2-bedroom managers/workers home; 5 stand shearing shed; shearer's quarters plus amenities; extensive ancillary shedding; hangar and private airstrip.

Metford delivers a 3 BR homestead; 6 stand shearing shed; shearer's quarters plus amenities; ancillary shedding.

Topography: Balanced mix of flat and soft sandy open plains country to slightly undulating rises. Vast areas of grassland plains dispersed with Mitchell Grass, Button Grass, Seven Day Grass, Native Grasses and clovers, Cannon Ball, Copper Burr, Blue bush, Salt bush, flood out zones with catchment lake and swamps.

Sparsely timbered with Belah, Nelia, Mulga, Box and Leopard wood. Gum lined creeks define the expansive flood-out areas.

Water: Combined the stations deliver 8 bores, 19 earth dams plus supporting pipelines, numerous receiving tanks and troughs. Metford and Treloar creeks provides valuable flood out sections on both station holdings.

Livestock Yards: Langidoon with 10 sheep plus 3 cattle handling yards; Metford with 4 sheep yards; both stations have forced wings ready for portable sheep or goat panels

Rainfall: Average rainfall, approximately 223 mm

Carrying Capacity: Estimated at 13,500 DSE; the stations have been run as one property and have an historical average annual shearing of around 16,000 sheep. Approximately 2,000 goats are removed from the stations yearly.

Fencing: Combined subdivided into 28 main paddocks and 10 holding paddocks. Approx. 60 km of fencing renewed past 3 years. Fencing is in good order.

Agents Comments: The aggregation have all the essential elements of scale, versatility, productivity, exceptional location, being ideally suited to both sheep and cattle. Whilst they complement each other, both stations can be run as independent holdings.

*All measurements are approximate