Gooburrum QLD 4670

Investors seeking new or diversified exposure to Australia’s burgeoning agribusiness sector have an opportunity to acquire one of the Bundaberg region’s finest macadamia orchards and operations on a walk-in-walk-out basis - Natara.

Situated in the Bundaberg region’s dress circle for macadamia production, Natara comprises of 200 hectares (ha) of established orchards planted to preferred varieties.
The orchard is a mix of young trees (4 years), trees moving towards mature production (5-7 years) and mature trees (17-18 years). It produced 408 metric tonne (MT) of nut-in-shell (NIS) at 10% moisture in 2023, and the 2024 harvest delivered 635MT of NIS. Once fully mature, Natara is expected to produce around 860MT of NIS at an average yield of approximately 4.25MT/ha.

With the risks around climate change becoming better understood, water security has become of paramount importance to asset owners, ensuring their investment in permanent tree crops is protected. To this end, Natara comes fully watered. The main orchard is irrigated from groundwater drawn from what is considered the most reliable water source in the Bundaberg region. Average water use for mature trees was around 3ML/ha between FY2023 and FY2024.

Natara includes a full compliment of plant and equipment required to operate the orchards. Also included is modern sorting and grading equipment and drying storage infrastructure with 96MT capacity. A modern colour sorter has been added to improve quality and reduce labour costs and reliance on seasonal workers. The investment made into P&E has made Natara a very cost efficient orchard. In 2023 the whole of orchard cost was ~$2.20/kg NIS and under $2/kg if non bearing trees are excluded. Full disclosure of operating costs will be provided in due diligence.

Natara is your opportunity to take a position or expand your presence in Australia’s most desirable Macadamia region.

Agents in Conjunction with Maven Libera.