Strathpark Road

Bellfield QLD 4822

SAFE BREEDING PROPERTY OFFERED FULLY STOCKED
WELL GRASSED BREEDING COUNTRY 2,260 CATTLE AND PLANT INCLUDED SOUND WORKING IMPROVEMENTS. FOG CREEK LOCATION: 190 KM NORTH OF RICHMOND. AREA AND TENURE: 87,541 HECTARES OR 216,317 ACRES, PASTORAL HOLDING TITLE. SERVICES: STD TELEPHONE, SATELLITE BROADBAND AND AUSTAR CONNECTION. TWICE WEEKLY MAIL SERVICE FROM RICHMOND. RAINFALL: ANNUAL AVERAGE 700 MM OR 28 INCHES COUNTRY: OPEN FOREST COUNTRY ALONG THE CLARA RIVER, FOG CREEK AND SPRING CREEK FRONTAGES FEATURING BOX, BLOODWOOD AND IRONWOOD TIMBERS WITH WATTLE AND QUININE UNDER STOREY, SOME TI TREE RUNNING TO AREAS OF LIGHTER SANDY SOILS GENERALLY MORE HEAVILY TIMBERED. WELL GRASSED THROUGHOUT WITH BLACK AND WHITE SPEAR PLUS ANNUALS, ALSO SPINIFEX AND NUMEROUS EDIBLE SHRUBS WITH SECA STYLO AND WYNN CASSIA WELL ESTABLISHED IN PLACES. ALMOST HALF THE PROPERTY IS OF LIMITED GRAZING VALUE BEING FOOTHILLS OF THE GILBERT RANGE WITH ROCKY OUTCROPS, LANCEWOOD TOPS AND SCATTERED SMALL OPEN AREAS. WATER: FOG CREEK IS WELL WATERED BY 8 BORES AND 2 SPEARS ALL EQUIPPED WITH DIESEL ENGINE PUMPING PLANTS PLUS 7 OPEN DAMS AND 2 NATURAL SPRINGS WITH SEASONAL WATER AVAILABLE IN THE CLARA RIVER AND THE LARGER CREEKS. STRUCTURES: THE HOMESTEAD COMPLEX INCLUDES A NEAT TWO BEDROOM WEATHERBOARD MAIN HOUSE WITH OUTSIDE LIVING AREA IN AN ATTRACTIVE GARDEN SETTING, ALSO STAFF QUARTERS AND WORKSHOP/MACHINERY SHED. THE PROPERTY IS BOUNDARY FENCED ON THE SOUTH AND WEST, BOUNDED BY THE RANGE ON THE WESTERN BOUNDARY AND FENCED INTERNALLY INTO 4 MAIN PADDOCKS WITH LANEWAYS PLUS HOLDING PADDOCKS. THERE ARE 3 SETS OF STEEL AND CABLE YARDS WITH LOADING AND CATTLE HANDLING FACILITIES. STOCK AND PLANT: FOG CREEK WILL BE OFFERED AS A GOING CONCERN WITH A GOOD QUALITY CATTLE HERD OF 2,260, MOSTLY HIGH GRADE BRAHMAN TYPES INCLUDING 1,700 COWS PLUS WORKING PLANT AND EQUIPMENT. FOG CREEK IS A FULLY OPERATIONAL CATTLE PROPERTY IMPROVED FOR LOW COST OPERATION AND CAPABLE OF INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY WITH CONTINUING SPREAD OF IMPROVED PASTURE SPECIES.