447 Oura Road, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650

Chain Gate 217.57 hectares (537.63 acres) of well balanced quality cropping and grazing land, irrigation, reliable water and infrastructure to suit, is in a highly desirable location 7km east of Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga.

There is excellent road access, the Oura Road forming the southern boundary, Bavin Lane on the northern boundary and Windmill Lane on the eastern portion.

The country is open Murrumbidgee river flats rising to the highest point on the western boundary at approximately 235m ASL and rated as approximately 90% arable. The parcel is fenced to 15 paddocks with smaller holding paddocks around the infrastructure and home. There are several well-established treelines, as well as light timber on the western hill and eastern parcel. The property is run as a mixed farming enterprise grazing beef cattle, Cheviot sheep, Angora goats and growing fodder crops for grazing and hay. This year 32 acres of Illabo wheat, 25 acres of Nizza Canola and 60 acres of Torpedo rye have been sown.

Water is well secured by three stock & domestic bores and two irrigation bores. An irrigation allocation of 72ML of Wagga Wagga Alluvial Ground water will be sold with the property. The stock and domestic bores are powered by solar and electricity, they supply stock troughs and the garden. Livestock are supplied by the solar powered bore, reticulating to a network of approximately 20 troughs. As well there are two 10,000lt rainwater tanks on the house that can be supplemented by the high quality stock and domestic water.

Irrigation - One 80 acre irrigation area is set up for travelling irrigator use with underground PVC mains and a 4 year old submersible electric bore pump producing approx 48,000 litres per hour. The Canola and Ryegrass have been sown in this area. A second 78 acre irrigation area also has underground PVC mains but the bore is not equipped with a pump.

Well set up with farming improvements which include ample shedding with two haysheds, 2 self emptying silos, machinery & storage shed, 2 stand woolshed, steel sheep yards with loading race and a set of steel cattle yards with crush and loading ramp.

The two storey residence was built in the early 1950's and is set amongst well established trees providing privacy. Of brick construction the home has, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, open plan kitchen living room, TV room, lounge room, dining room and office. The home has ducted reverse cycle heating and cooling, slow combustion heating as well as gas heating, cooking, and hot water.

Opportunities to acquire a productive mixed farming parcel in such close proximity to Wagga Wagga are rare, making Chain Gate an exciting offering this Spring.

Chain Gate is being offered for sale by public Auction at 11am on Friday 16 October at Romano's Hotel Wagga Wagga.

All inspections are by appointment with the agent.

Sally Douglas 0428 826 645