Balfes Creek Pub, Motel & Caravan Park 16962-16966 Flinders Highway Campaspe QLD 4820

Services:

Situated approximately 38km from Charters Towers the property accesses all the services of a regional town with a population of approximately 9000 people. Schooling, both primary and secondary, are a feature of the Charters Towers community with the town boasting three Private Schools, the State High School and three State Primary Schools. Charters Towers is an historic city established in the gold rush of the 1880’s and still services the large Gold Mining and Grazing Industries of the Charters Towers Shire. For cattleman, the weekly liveweight selling centre in Charters Towers, Live Export ex Townsville (110klm) and Townsville meatworks are all major attractions for this location. Townsville is a vibrant city of approximately people 200,000 with diverse industry and opportunity for employment, business, and higher education.

Location:

16965 & 16962 Flinders Highway is located in the small hamlet of Balfe’s Creek, which is about 38 kms West from the town of Charters Towers. It is approximately 30 minutes’ drive by car on a fully sealed bitumen highway. There is approximately a total of 4-5 houses in the small settlement of Balfe’s creek.

Area & Tenure:

2 Freehold Titles + Leasehold Land

Total – 14,699 m² or 3.63 acres

Infrastructure:

Formerly the property was a Pub, Caravan Park and Motel. The property still has a bar, billiards/dining room, cold room, kitchen, male & female toilets, a personal living/dining area. There is also three motel rooms each room having an individual shower and toilet. At the back of the property is a private residence with three rooms, a shower and toilet, breeze way, a carport shed and a lockable storage area. In front of the old pub there is a fuel bowser which used to be used as a small fuel station. The pub is mostly constructed of masonry block / slab on ground style construction. The buildings have solid foundations but are in need of renovations and repairs to bring it up to code and to modernise it. Things like facias, guttering, bathroom renovations, floor coverings and paint need doing. This property would once again make an excellent pub selling meals, accommodation, fuel, coffee and alcoholic drinks or it could just make nice large residence.

Beside the pub on a separate parcel of land is the former caravan park which previously had powered donga accommodation. The concrete slabs remain, however the dongas have been taken away and the electricity has been disconnected. Beside the former caravan park is a shower, toilet and laundry block, which was once used for the caravans staying on site. Behind the showers are three dongas that have been assembled into a U shape and currently house a caretaker.

Leasehold Land:

Included in the sale of the two freehold properties is the lease for a bare block of land situated behind these two properties. This leasehold land is the only source of water for the two freehold blocks of land, so it would be crucial to keep this lease in place. There is a small annual fee to pay to have this land. The block is well grassed and would be an excellent little paddock for pets like horses or animals like cattle or sheep to graze. It has a equipped solar bore connected which pumps water to the buildings via an underground poly pipe, delivering it to a tank at the house.

Water Bore:

Water Quality- Fair, Potable

Bore Details

70 Foot deep approximately

Submersible pump – TU Horse

Three solar panels

Rubbish collection / Electricity:

The property is connected to electricity and receive a weekly rubbish collection service using two wheelie bins.

Disclaimer: The above report has been prepared by Slaney & Co based on information supplied by the property owner and other credible sources. Every endeavour has been made to verify its accuracy. Whilst we trust the information to be correct, we make no warranties nor guarantees, and prospective purchasers must rely on their own enquiries & research. © Slaney & Co.