Secure One Of Australia’s Best Cropping And Grazing Properties

Award Winning Cropping And Grazing Property For Sale Liverpool Plains

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire one of the very best cropping and grazing properties in the southern part of the Liverpool Plains in NSW.

Considered amongst the most productive of Australia’s agricultural land, ‘Levondale’ comprises 1,229 hectares (3,036 acres) of gently undulating land boasting superb soils.

This unique rural property for sale has been carefully and responsibly managed by long-time owners Cam and Roxane (Rocky) McKellar, with the focus on innovative strategies to maximise production and profitability.

This rural property for sale NSW is one of the very best cropping and grazing properties on the Liverpool Plains in NSW

Protecting and enhancing the soil has been the cornerstone of their farming policy, which has centred on changing, where possible, from costly inorganic fertilisers to organic fertilisers.

The award-winning farmers have used pasture development in the same way, carefully choosing the pasture species to enhance soil fertility through biological means, resulting in improved levels of nutrients in the soil, increased organic matter and a healthier soil structure.

Occupying the subtle valleys formed by Millers Creek and Little Jacks Creek, approximately 90 per cent of the property’s soils are deep-cracking black clays (vertosols) known for their high water-holding capacity. The remainder of soils are chocolate/black basalts.

This rural property for sale NSW has an enviable production history including both summer and winter crops

The success of their innovative methods is evident through consistently high-yielding crops and efficient beef production.

Offering 948 hectares (2,342 acres) of cultivated area, ‘Levondale’ has an enviable production history including both summer and winter crops.

Wheat, sorghum, canola, chick peas, mung beans, barley, oats, and field peas have been included in the current owners’ rotations. When marketing opportunities are attractive and seasonal conditions permit, they double crop, meaning viable crops can be planted back to back, providing tremendous income opportunities.

This rural property for sale NSW offers flexible production options with around 6,000 cattle turned off in the past decade

What’s more, the property offers flexible production options with approximately 6,000 cattle turned off in the past decade in addition to high-yield cropping.

While much of the property is naturally treeless, trees abound along the waterways and are scattered throughout the grazing country. More than 250 hectares has benefited from the construction of contours and swales to hold water higher in the landscape.

The effect of this is the rehydration of the soil and the mitigation of erosion during periods of high rainfall. This practice has been implemented on paddocks which alternate between grazing and cropping, as well as country which is used exclusively for grazing.

This rural property for sale NSW is naturally treeless, though trees abound along waterways and throughout the grazing country

Another key strategy of the grazing program has been the maintenance of ground cover to protect and enhance the quality of the soil and is part of the intensive rotational grazing program which is based on rest and recovery. The owners’ practice is to buy cattle when trading opportunities are presented but only if feed that will last 100 days or more is available on ‘Levondale’.

Underpinning the property’s high productivity is abundant, secure water. Boasting average annual rainfall of 700mm, the property includes a 248-megalitre irrigation licence, 14 dams, several kilometres of double frontage to two creeks with associated water reticulation infrastructure, and some 311,500 litres of rainwater storage servicing the various residences.

Approximately 10 wells – eight equipped with diesel or solar/electric pumps – pump water to a network of supply tanks (four x 27,000 litre and six x 22,500 litre) which is then reticulated via poly pipe to a network of concrete troughs and storage tanks for both domestic and stock use. Livestock are always within 400m of a water source.

This rural property for sale NSW's high productivity is underpinned by abundant, secure water from wells, creeks and dams

Supporting the property’s incredible natural attributes, ‘Levondale’ also features first-class infrastructure improvements. Abundant storage includes multiple machinery/storage sheds and workshops, hay sheds, and nine 110-tonne grain silos and one 15-tonne grain silo.

Equine livestock is accommodated by five stables with tack room and vet area, plus external day yards and a sand arena; and cattle by timber and steel post and timber rail cattle yards including a race, crush, scales and loading ramp with capacity for 300 head. A second set of steel cattle yards can handle 200 head.

The property is subdivided into some 22 main paddocks plus holding paddocks via fit-for-purpose boundary fencing and internal fencing consisting of a mixture of permanent and electric fencing which facilitate ease of transition between grazing and farming options.

This rural property for sale NSW features an elegant homestead, surrounded by a magnificent garden, with sweeping views of the plains

Complementing the on-farm infrastructure is an elegant homestead, surrounded by a magnificent garden, boasting sweeping views of the Liverpool Plains and distant ranges.

Located in an elevated yet sheltered position capitalising on the stunning easterly aspect, the family home features a floorplan that showcases the exceptional beauty of the garden and landscape.

The homestead complex was built in 1985 of double brick construction and provides a total of five bedrooms and four bathrooms, including a semi-detached luxurious guest wing with two bedrooms, a full bathroom and separate living room.

The main home on this rural property for sale NSW features five bedrooms and four bathrooms, including a spacious master ensuite

The master bedroom has a spacious ensuite, walk-in wardrobe and an adjoining sunroom; while the remaining bedrooms are of generous proportions and contain built-in wardrobes.

The main home features an open-plan kitchen that was fully renovated in 2016 with quality inclusions such as Miele appliances, a granite benchtop, and walk-in pantry. A large cool room was refurbished in 2023.

The kitchen blends with an informal dining area and family living room with a Jetmaster open fireplace. French doors lead from the kitchen to a gauzed sunroom designed to capture the northern sun in winter and to enjoy the stunning views.

The main home on this rural property for sale NSW boasts formal and informal living rooms plus an open-plan kitchen 

The formal dining room is easily accessed from the kitchen and leads to a formal living room with a cosy ambience due to the open fireplace. This creates an impressive centrepiece to the home.

All rooms in the main homestead, including the bathrooms, benefit from under floor heating. Ducted reverse-cycle air-conditioning is present throughout. The homestead complex is supplied exclusively by rainwater from a 100,000-litre concrete tank and two 27,000-litre tanks with new pressure pumps.

Enveloping the homestead is a magnificent garden designed by renowned landscape architect James Pfeiffer. Reminiscent of a classic English garden, it features mature trees such as flowering Manchurian pears, London plane trees, Bougainvillea and Wollemi pines.

This rural property for sale NSW includes a magnificent garden designed by renowned landscape architect James Pfeiffer

Sweeping lawns extend from the homestead, punctuated by flower beds overflowing with roses, lavenders, rosemary, bulbs and agapanthus.

Paved pathways, topiarised shrubs and hedges and the thoughtful usage of contours create many surprising parts to this magnificent garden which was designed to frame the various aspects of the majestic outlook.

An all-weather, fenced and floodlit tennis court graces the eastern aspect of the garden and includes a rose-covered pergola as a spectator area. For the sporting enthusiasts, the lawn immediately in front of the homestead can accommodate a full-sized croquet court.

This rural property for sale NSW offers a floodlit tennis court and a lawn in front of the homestead perfect for a full-sized croquet court

Next to the garden, a fully fenced orchard contains some 40 fruit trees. The gardens and lawns are watered by an automatic pressure-pump watering system using well water to supply a 100,000-litre concrete tank near the homestead.

Servicing the homestead is a detached four-car garage with three bays equipped with remotely operated roller doors and one open car space. This building also houses a workshop equipped with power and lighting and a 22,500-litre water tank with a fully equipped pressure pump.

A brick double stable/storage shed with pump room borders the courtyard and has undercover access from the main house.

This rural property for sale NSW is surrounded by topiarised shrubs and hedges and garden beds overflowing with a variety of flowers

Additionally, the property features two other homes, including ‘Koorabah House’, a weatherboard and corrugated iron country home set in an elevated position.

The home has a renovated kitchen, living room, office, dining room, three bedrooms and bathroom with vanity, shower, bath and toilet, split-system air-conditioning and a slow combustion wood heater. A wrap-around veranda offers views in all directions.

The second residence, ‘Lochinvar House’, is a quaint country home built circa 1940s. Set amid established gardens, the weatherboard and a corrugated iron home features three bedrooms and two renovated bathrooms, split-system air-conditioning, and a slow combustion wood heater.

This rural property for sale NSW boasts paved pathways, shrubs and hedges and usage of contours to create many surprising parts

The kitchen has been updated and includes a pantry and dishwasher – and there is also a double garage/storage shed and plenty of rainwater storage for domestic and stock use.

Located 20km south-west of Willow Tree NSW, around 100km from Tamworth and Muswellbrook, and four hours’ drive to the Sydney CBD, ‘Levondale’ is, unquestionably, the finest property in this coveted area to be presented to the open market in many years.

Click on the following link for more information on this rural property for sale NSW at 439 Blackville Road, Willow Tree.