322 Hollymount Road

Weengallon QLD 4497

A total area of approximately 5,673.9 Ha (14,020 Ac) Freehold in 3 Lots.
Lot 5 on BLM134 (1634.626 Ha), Lot 6 on BLM134 (2018.977 Ha) & Lot 14 on BLM 134 (2020.292 Ha).
Local Government area of Goondiwindi Regional Shire Council. Rates approximately $7600 per annum (discount rate).

LOCATION
"Tabooba" is located Approx. 130km West of Goondiwindi, 37km West of Talwood, 40km East of Nindigully & 80km Southeast of St George. Access is via all-weather white rock road 4km North off Barwon Highway, on the Hollymount Road.

SERVICES
Twice weekly mail service from Talwood, Rural power, STD and Mobile phone service with booster, Television & internet reception. Primary school at Talwood. Primary & Secondary schools in St George & Goondiwindi with school bus access at Talwood & Nindigully. Livestock selling centers at Dalby, Toowoomba & Roma. Grain depots at Talwood, Thallon, Bungunya, Lundavra & Goondiwindi.

RAINFALL
475mm (19 inch) annual average.

COUNTRY
"Tabooba" topography is "slight undulation", consisting of mainly Red Box, Currajong, Wilga, Belah type soils. The soils are suitable for both grain farming or pasture production and present as a mixed farming & grazing operation, under excellent management. The property has been thoughtfully developed leaving good shade lines & livestock corridors in the grazing country and efficient open cultivation in the farming paddocks. The original timbers consist of Currajong, Box, Wilga, Belah, Sandalwood, Iron Bark & small areas of Bendee ridge.
"Tabooba" presents with an excellent stand of Buffel & native grasses and grows excellent herbages in season.
The property has a PMAV locked in.

CULTIVATION
An area of Approximately 1,457 Ha (3,600 Ac) is currently dry-land farming consisting of friable red Belah, Currajong, Box, Wilga soils. Recent cropping history has been a winter cereal and forage cropping programme including Wheat, Barley, Oats & Chickpea. The cultivation country presents with an excellent cover of 2022 winter stubble. In-excess of 7,000 Ac of the property has been developed & farmed in the past with potential for further farming country available to develop if desired.

WATER
"Tabooba" is very well watered with a combination of piped bore scheme & secure stock dams. The bore scheme services the entire property with tanks & troughs and is backed up by secure stock dams in some paddocks, most troughing points have 2 x 21,700Lt poly tanks for storage. The main bore supply tank is a 79,000Lt Rhino tank situated at the homestead and is gravitated to all paddocks throughout the property. The Homestead is serviced by Bore, Dam & 65,000Lt of Rainwater.

FENCING
The property is privately exclusion fenced with the neighboring property. The exclusion fence was erected in 2018 & consists of 1.8mt netting with steel posts & steel end assembles. The internal fences range from new steel post with plain & barb to original wooden post & netting. All fences are in stock proof condition. The property is subdivided into 14 main paddocks with 3 holding paddocks.

STRUCTUAL IMPROVEMENTS
The "Tabooba" homestead is a 4-bedroom timber home with open verandahs on all sides, office, evaporative air conditioning, wood heater, cold room, set-in well-maintained garden overlooking the water supply on the southern side. Nestled in the garden is 2 cottages utilized for guest accommodation, one is fully self-contained with reverse cycle air conditioning, bathroom & kitchenette, the second cottage is single bedroom with reverse cycle air conditioning.
Steel frame 80'x30' machinery shed / workshop with power & lights connected.
Three stand electric shearing shed.
Three bay garage & various outbuildings.
Two sets of steel panel cattle yards, one with crush, calf cradle, loading ramp & bore water connected, second set at the homestead utilized for loading & weaning with water connected.
Two elevated seed / fertilizer silos with capacity of 30T & 12T.

REMARKS
"Tabooba" has been in the current family ownership for the past 26 years and is presented to the market under excellent management as a mixed farming & grazing operation. The property is currently utilized as a winter grain & forage cropping operation in conjunction with a cattle backgrounding business. "Tabooba" is strategically located to northern & southern livestock & grain markets with bitumen highway access on the property's Southern boundary. The sale of "Tabooba" is due to the family's succession planning decisions & inspection is recommended.

For Sale via Expression of Interest, closing 5pm on the 9th March 2023, if not sold prior.