3311 Henry Parkes Way

Manildra NSW 2865

Mirridong is situated 11 kilometres east of Cudal and 30 kilometres west of Orange. Cudal is a pleasant country village surrounded by prime agricultural land that also offers some spectacular scenery. The town has a strong community spirit with several service and sporting clubs along with a café, hotel, bowling club, motel and caravan park, swimming pool and sporting ovals. There is a primary school with buses to high schools in Orange, Molong and Canowindra and a medical centre.

The City of Orange is 23 Kilometres to the East of Mirridong. Orange, with a population of 40,000 people boasts all the facilities of a major regional centre. With five secondary schools, head offices for agricultural entities such as the NSW Department of Agricultural, Campuses of Charles Sturt University, enviable health resources and an ever growing reputation for its food, wine and natural attractions the Central Tablelands enjoys a highly desirable reputation. Ongoing development ensures the regions continual growth.

Situated a comfortable 3.5 Hour drive from both Sydney and Canberra, the region surrounding Orange offers a diverse range of attractions, some of the best food and wine in regional Australia, a rich history and heritage along with a clean, crisp environment. The region offers a loaded events calendar with everything from major food and wine festivals, to music, sporting, art and lifestyle celebrations.

Extensive accommodation, dining and shopping choices provide options for all tastes and budgets. Health and educational facilities are the envy of regional New South Wales with students from throughout the state (including Sydney) and further afield studying in the city.

Being able to be farmed in addition to running sheep and/or cattle, Mirridong is a truly versatile property.

Houses
The circa 1938 'Mirridong' homestead is a wonderfully comfortable 65 square (830 square metre under roof) house that features 5 bedrooms, 3 bath rooms multiple formal and casual living areas all surrounded by wide verandahs. A three bedroom, 1 bathroom flat is attached to the homestead. The curtilage consists of a beautiful 2 metre high fully brick walled garden and concrete in-ground pool.
A three bedroom, 1 bathroom relocatable home is quite suitable as a managers residence and is about 400 metres from the homestead.

Sheds & Yards
2 machinery sheds, 3 haysheds and a feed shed ensure more than adequate storage for machinery and fodder.

Soils
The vast majority of the property has a North to North-Easterly aspect and ranges from 460 metres to 520 metres in altitude. The soils range from deep black alluvial soils along the Boree Creek, red loam over Limestone to red loams. Up to 1,500 acres is considered easily arable.

Timber & Vegetation
Mirridong is very well timbered with White and Yellow box throughout providing excellent shade & shelter for stock. Pastures consist of clovers, native grasses with phalaris predominating.

Water
Water is a feature of the property with over 4 kilometres frontage to Boree Creek with two pumps plus three bores equipped with windmills and tanks in addition to four dams. Bore & creek water storage exceeds 95,000 gallons (427,500 litres) with rainwater storage in excess of 80,000 gallons (360,000 litres). Rainfall records kept at Cudal since 1885 indicate a long term average of 633mm (25.32 inches)

Fencing & Yards
The boundary fencing is mainly netting and barb on wood & steel posts with internal fencing being a combination of traditional and two hotwire electric. The property is sub-divided into 30 main paddocks.
There is one set of all steel sheepyards that have not been used for some time but are in very good order. Two sets of all steel cattleyards feature one set on the south-west end of the property with a very impressive undercover set at the homestead. The roof over the yards exceeds 1,500 square metres with the yards being lit with commercial grade lighting along with an office, feed preparation area and undercover loading ramp.

Production
The districts average carrying capacity is 4.5 dse/acre. The owner estimated carrying capacity is 2,000 first cross ewes & lambs, 180-200 cows & calves plus far