1485 Merriang Road

Beveridge VIC 3753

A mixed enterprise property of 80.9 Ha in the foothills of the Great Dividing Ranges, 36 kilometres north of Melbourne, just outside the urban growth boundary. The property has been in the same family ownership over generations and is offered for sale for the first time in 100 years.
The house, situated on a hill (approx 305m) towards the centre of the property, has spectacular views which stretch from the Dandenongs in the south east, through to Mt Donna Buang, Kinglake and Mt Disappointment to the north east, and to the Kilmore Gap in the north, then across the plains to the Macedon ranges in the west. The property is currently fenced into seven stock paddocks with four other areas planted to olive trees. The undulating Silurian hills which comprise the majority of the property, have improved pasture with a gravity-fed reticulated stock water system from rain-filled dams. At the rear of the property the land falls to the Merri Creek on basalt plains, providing excellent summer grazing on native pastures. The property has plantations of predominantly native trees on the north and south boundaries, with remnant redgum woodlands on the basalt plains. Additional plantations provide breaks between paddocks and three dams are surrounded by trees and fenced to exclude stock.
In the 1940-50s contour banks were formed on the Silurian hills to control water run-off. Since then all work has been done on the contour, with the olive plantations following the contours of the land. Drainage lines have been fenced off and planted to prevent any erosion and the property has been used as a demonstration of good farming practices by local landcare and, historically, by the Soil Conservation Authority.