279 Bailey Road

Pingrup WA 6343

- Good improvements with three bedroom home in good condition, 4 stand shearing shed with fertiliser / grain area, fully enclosed, lean to attached for machinery shed plus small chemical shed and sheep yards plus five silo's
- Conservatively cropped over the years with averages from 2 tph plus with 460 ha's of crop, 230 ha's oats and 230 ha's wheat in 2016 plus 1,600 ewes & lambs plus 400 wethers
- Estimated 920 to 910 hectares of good crop country
- Fertiliser history custom blend and lime applications of tph in 2015
- Quality property well maintained and presentation perfect

Location:
The property is situated approximately 35 km East of Pingrup and 70 North of Jerramungup and on Bailey Road and 390 kms South East of Perth in the Shire of Kent.
Services:
Pingrup has a number of services of a small country town and Lake Grace to the North has numerous services that one would expect of a district town and grain facilities are close by and port at Albany to the south and Perth to the North West. Good schooling in Pingrup and Lake Grace. All major government services in the City of Albany approximately 230 km's away. Stock Sale yards at Albany and Katanning,
Albany is the main regional centre for the Great Southern Region of Western Australia, being situated some 409.00 kilometres to the south east of the Perth metropolitan area. The City of Albany has a population of approximately 35,000 people. Major industries include a deep water port and grain handling facility, along with fish, vegetable and wood chip processing works. The city is also a major tourist destination which receives approximately 500,000 tourist visitors per annum.
There are a number of industries within the City of Albany which provide major employment and these include the Fletchers Meat Works, to the north of Albany and the timber industry. The city is well serviced with shopping facilities including K-Mart and Target. A major redevelopment of the waterfront is now complete which includes a new concert hall, cultural centre and marina together with retail areas to be developed.
Zoning:
Rural
Description:
Quality gentle undulating to flat country in a prime productive region of Western Australia. Originally timbered with mallee.
Rates: 2015 at $4,500.
Soil Types:
Good mixed soil types from sands over clays. Crop country at 910 to 920 hectares and sourced by the owners GPS system. Pastures excellent with paddocks sown each year to medics and oats with great results achieved through this activity from hay and tonnes per hectare of oats. Good fertiliser over numerous years with applications of Custom Blend at rates from 100 kg's per hectares on crop and sown pasture country with lime applied at a tonne per hectare in 2008. Area cropped in 2016 is 460 hectares of wheat and 200 hectares of oats - medic mix and the balance pasture. Cropped area in 2016, wheat at 230 ha's & Oats at 230 ha's with the balance pasture.
Water:
2016 year the property is running 400 wethers and 1,600 ewes and lambs. All stock are in top condition.
Water:
The property is well watered from 7 good dams of which most have been cleaned out over the last few years or as required. Domestic water supplies from rainwater tanks and also spray water from rainwater tank at main shed. Excellent water supplies and very adequate for the property.
Rainfall:
350 plus mm.
Fencing:
The fencing on the property is above average and a constant maintenance programme is in place to upgrade each year or as required. Fenced into 10 paddocks with ringlock on a mix of steel and wood posts. Some new over the last few years and all in good above average condition.
Improvements:
Large combination shed that includes a four stand shearing shed with raised board and cement floor and fertiliser storage area with cement walls and chute outside, chemical storage fully enclosed storage area, lean to machinery storage area. Shearing shed area is fully lockable if required. All in good condition and very adequate for the property. Numerous silo's 2,100 bu, 1,500 bu, 2,000 bu, 800 bu and 1,000 bu plus a small 8/9 tonner. Good set of sheep yards constructed of a mix of wire, steel and wood are in good serviceable condition.
Homestead:
Improvements on the property are very adequate and include a fibro and iron (new roof) three bedroom homestead with office and open kitchen meals and lounge area plus bathroom, electric hot water system, laundry and toilet, verandas front and rear with under cover three vehicle carport. Home stead is in fair condition, transportable and constructed in 1978. Concrete rainwater tank at the house.
Remarks:
Good productive smaller property and very suitable to mixed farming with sheep, wool, prime lambs and mixed grains. Stock numbers vary due to seasonal conditions and grain averages from 2 tph and above over many years. Good location situated in the Kent shire and ideal as a add on block or a stand-alone and service from another district.