1150 Marnigarup East Road

Gairdner WA 6337

SWINDON DOWNS IS LOCATED 155KMS NORTH EAST OF ALBANY AND 35 KMS SOUTH EAST OF JERRAMUNGUP ON THE MARNIGARUP RD. THE PROPERTY HAS A TOTAL AREA OF 3,019 HECTARES WITH AN ESTIMATED 2,360 HECTARES AVAILABLE FOR CROPPING. THERE IS TWO TITLES ONE FREEHOLD AND THE OTHER BEING A PERPETUAL LEASE. THE TOPOGRAPHY IS GENTLY UNDULATING AND THE LAND IS VERY WELL DRAINED WITH THE BREMER RIVER RUNNING WEST EAST THROUGH THE PROPERTY. SOIL TYPES ARE MAINLY MEDIUM LOAMS WITH SOME HEAVY CLAY AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIGHTER SANDY LOAM. ORIGINAL VEGETATION CONSISTS OF JAM,SHEOAK,MALLEE,MOORT AND YATE. THE RIVER AND MAJOR CREEKS HAVE BEEN FENCED OFF AND THERE HAS BEEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF WORK DONE CONTROLLING RUNOFF. STOCK WATER IS VERY GOOD WITH A TOTAL OF 22 DAMS INCLUDING 4 KEY DAMS,ONE OF WHICH HAS A WINDMILL WHICH SUPPLIES GARDEN WATER. THE ANNUAL AVERAGE RAINFALL IS 410MM AND RAINWATER IS STORED IN 4 TANKS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OG 315,000 LITRES. INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY INCLUDES A 300 TONNE FERTILISER/GRAIN SHED, LARGE MACHINERY SHED, 4 STAND SHEARING SHED AND A WORKSHOP MACHINERY SHED. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ARE A LARGE UNCOMPLETED 4 BEDROOM HOMESTEAD BUILT TO A LOCKUP STAGE, A RENOVATED 4 BEDROOM FIBRO HOUSE AND A SHEARERS QUARTERS. SWINDON DOWNS IS CURRENTLY RUNNING 3,000 TO 4,000 EWES AND CROPPING APPROX 1,500 HECTARES OF WHEAT,BARLEY AND CANOLA. PASTURES ARE PREDOMINANTLY CLOVER BASED. THIS ATTRACTIVE PROPERTY IS WELL SET UP AND VERY SUITABLE FOR CROPPING AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND HAS THE ADDED BONUS OF BEING RELATVELY CLOSE TO BREMER BAY WITH ITS RENOWNED FISHING AND GREAT BEACHES.