1125 Bells Road Gowangardie VIC 3669

Large scale grazing property to be sold as a whole in the tightly held Caniambo district. The Frederick family name is well known and highly regarded throughout the district for its high-achieving farming practices within the sheep and wool breeding circles, as well as some of the best breeding of Angus cattle. The Frederick family have been farming this property since 1878 and now Ivan and Nola Frederick have decided to offer the property for sale.
The farm comprises of 10 titles, with strong road boundaries on most of the farm, the south boundary being the Caniambo cemetery road and the north boundary adjoining Gowangardie station (river road). The accumulated area comprises 1375 acres of highly regarded Caniambo district soil types varying from light stony rises, alluvial red country to heavier profile soil types in the gulley's and along the sheep pen creek which transfers through the home block.
The farm is renowned for heavy carrying capacity and healthy sheep and cattle grazing country providing sound winter grazing opportunities on the high country and extensive finishing feed grazing opportunities on the heavier country. The property has secure water for livestock with a large dam supplying S&D water to the home, gardens and troughs reticulated to several paddocks around the home title, with secure dams in all other paddocks and a generally consistent rainfall pattern of 450mm for the district and district run off to catchment areas.
The farm is subdivided into 20 paddocks with the internal roads ideal for livestock movement throughout the farm.
Improvements include the family home built in 1985 comprising a 4-bedroom brick veneer home with kitchen dining and lounge, well equipped with electric cooking and solid fuel heater. There is a lovely outdoor area, with an enclosed yard.
A very good machinery shed and lock-up workshop with concrete floor (14m x 6m) , a well-built shearing shed (26m x 14m) comprising of 3-stand raised platform with capacity of 600 head inside and under the shed, with very good steel yards and loading ramp to cater for 2000 sheep. A steel cattle yard with cattle race and crush and 5 bay hay shed (30m x 14m).
The property holds onto its history with a classic old stables still standing and blacksmith workshop made of hand cut logs well worthy of restoring. There is a 173 Agreement on Heritage overlay on log cabin and original stables.
The location of the Frederick's farm is ideal. Central to Shepparton, Benalla and Euroa. The country is desirable grazing land and arable cropping land, with rolling topography self-draining to the gulley and creeks which provide extensive seasonal grazing opportunities. The revegetation of Sheep Pen Creek by the family some 40 years ago with now established plantings of native trees provides an attractive backdrop to the home and abundant wildlife that thrive in this habitat.

Also to be offered on the same day is 100 Lowes Road, Caniambo 38.3 HA - 95 acres of cropping land with 2 dams.

This property will be offered for auction in the Crystal Room at the Parklake Hotel Shepparton, enter off Maude Street.