296 Running Creek Road Kilkivan QLD 4600

After 24 years of dedication and hard work running cattle and growing hay, the decision has been made to sell this wonderful well known and iconic Kilkivan property. For many years, passers-by have admired this 130 acre character property for its sheer landscape beauty & frontage to the Wide Bay Creek.

The property itself has a diverse level of country from an elevated ridgeline accommodating all of the infrastructure, reducing down to a large open creek flat with fertile soils ideal for hay growing and improved pastures. For many years the current owners have utilised this property best by cell grazing livestock paddocks to maintain good pastures and keep the weeds down.

Location
5 minutes to the north of Kilkivan, and only 40mins back to Gympie.

Infrastructure
o 3 bed timber home shifted to the property, on steel stumps overlooking the farm
o Open dining/lounge room, separate kitchen, downstairs laundry, rainwater tank
o Shaded gardens with palms, grapevine, peach, lemon & cherry guava trees
o 2 x 5000 gallon concrete rain water tanks on pressure pump supplying the house
o 6 x 9m enclosed machinery shed, cement floor and drive through doors
o 2kw Suntech solar system on the shed (currently out of order)
o 10 x 8m, 2 bay hay shed attached to the machinery shed
o 1 x 5000 gallon concrete tank, filled by creek supplying 5 cattle troughs
o Numerous older timber buildings used for storage
o Timber cattle yards with vet crush, loading ramp and cable round yard
o Grand timber entrance with 5m cap rail with timber panels & cable either side
o 16 internal electric fenced paddocks, 2 electric fenced lanes
o New 4 barb wire boundary fence along Running Creek road

Water
o Extensive 1.6km of frontage to Wide Bay Creek
o Permanent springs in the creek, never been dry through droughts
o 8ha (20 acre) irrigation licence from Wide Bay Creek (Licence: 074231)
o 4" PVC mains running to 5 hydrants with 3" risers
o 5 water troughs spread across paddocks and in the cattle yards
o 1 x new Davey firefighter pump pushing from creek to high tank
o 1 small dam
o 1 x steel cased bore (30ft deep) with electric pump (out of order)

Country
Predominantly, 80% of the property would be planted to improved pastures. These consist of Katambora & Callide Rhodes, Creeping Blue Grass & Setaria grass. This amount of improvement has allowed for a consistent herd of 30-40 adult cattle on a rotational grazing system. Previously the farm was very productive growing upwards of 20 acres of irrigated prime lucerne for many years. Nowadays, that country has been turned back to improved pastures. Most of Wide Bay Creek is fenced into the farm offering a lot of green panic cattle feed along the banks.

There will be a small amount of machinery & equipment included in the sale including:
o 1 x 135 Massey Ferguson tractor
o 1 x International tractor with forks
o 1 x 6 foot slasher
o A number of large power poles suitable for fencing

Note: The property will be sold bare of livestock

This could be a once in a lifetime opportunity. "Running Creek Farm" offers a brilliant place to call home and capitalise on the blue ribbon soil & water. These large quality blocks don't appear very often on the market.

AUCTION
24th March, 11am
Kilkivan Bowls Club

Contact Stuart Hill on 0418 764 158 to arrange an inspection.