Forestry Properties for Sale: Farmbuy.com Buyers' Guide

Farmbuy.com Guide To Forestry Properties For Sale 

If you're dreaming of getting back to nature, wearing lots of flannel and yelling 'timber!' a dozen times a day, you may want to look at some rural forestry property for sale. Farmbuy.com has a great selection to choose from.

Australia's commercial plantations are mostly located in New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. In 2014–15 the area covered by commercial plantations was 1.95 million hectares. The area of native forest that was available and suitable for commercial wood production in 2015–16 was 28.1 million hectares. As of 2017, the export of wood products contributed $3.1 billion to the Australian economy. 

For a full detailed report visit Department of Agriculture - ABARES website. There are also many other government and industry websites that you should visit when you are looking for rural forestry property for sale: 

• Australian Tax Office -  https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Primary-producers/In-detail/Tree-farming-(forestry-operations)/
• Timber NSW - https://timbernsw.com.au
• Sustainable Timber Tasmania - https://www.sttas.com.au
• VIC Forests - http://www.vicforests.com.au/
• Queensland (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries) - https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/forestry
• WA Forest Product Commission - https://www.fpc.wa.gov.au/

Plus check out farmbuy.com's best forestry properties for sale below. 

Forestry Properties For Sale: 249 Kilbride Road, Drik Drik, VIC

Exceptional opportunity

This is an exceptional opportunity to purchase two properties totaling approximately 521 hectares (1287.5 acres) in a high rainfall area, being offered as non-contingent lots. Planted to blue gums, in several stages of growth, with portion nearing on harvest, a potential return on investment is not too far away.

“Kilbride South” consists of 262.3ha of grey loam soils with approximately 139.1ha of blue gum coppiced in 2014, 9.5ha planted as seedlings in 2017 with a further 66.7ha planted in 2020, giving 215.3ha planted in total, with the balance being attractive native bush land. The property is partially fenced and has good access tracks.

”Kilbride North” consists of 258.7ha of similar grey loam soils, with approximately 130ha planted to blue gums, coppiced in 2014. The property features good river frontage and is partially fenced.

The sale of the Kilbride properties offers an investment into the forestry industry, with other future agricultural potential with scale in a tightly held, high rainfall area.

For more information on this forestry property for sale click here.

Forestry Properties For Sale: Stroud, NSW

Rare forestry opportunity

Gorton Forest Estate (GFE), one of the area’s larger privately-owned native forests on the north coast of New South Wales, is offered for sale after 90 years of family ownership, with significant volumes of hardwood timber and complementary development opportunities for biodiversity stewardships and carbon farming.

Located 11 kilometres north of Stroud a 89 linear kilometres north of Newcastle - and logistically convenient to the Port of Newcastle, this forestry property for sale spans 3,932 hectares (9,716 acres) with elevation ranging from 100 metres above sea evel (ASL) to 500 metres ASL. It's positioned in a high rainfall area, boasting a long-term annual average rainfall of 1,114 millimetres along the western boundary and 1,325 millimetres eastern boundary of the landholding.

The forest was fully surveyed in 1997; a current estimate of stocks includes over 100,000 cubic metres of merchantable sawlogs and a net harvestable area of 3,400 hectares (subject to New South Wales code of practice for private native forestry; current PVP expires 2029). Commercial hardwood species comprise Sydney Blue Gum, Grey Gum associations including white mahogany, grey ironbark, tallowwood and turpentine.

The property is fully roaded for timber harvesting including 50 kilometres arterial roads. Other working improvements include various machinery sheds, workshop and three-bedroom residence.

For more information on this forestry property for sale click here.

Forestry Properties For Sale: 9754 Armidale Road, Marengo, NSW

Riverfront frontage zoned for forestry

This leasehold land is priced for a quick sale at $395,000 or less than $500/acre. Located just 45 minutes to Dorrigo, the land adjoins the Hylands State Forest, Hylands Nature Reserve, Hylands State Conservation Area and the Guy Fawkes National Park - and boasts 2.5km of pristine Blicks River frontage.

The land is zoned for forestry purposes under the Clarence Valley Council LEP. There is plenty of excellent hardwood timber available for building. No permit is required to utilise timber on-property. Under the basic perpetual lease terms drawn up after WWI, and based on current forestry regulations, the owner of the perpetual lease can mill any timber for use on the property for farming purposes and can undertake farming activities. Clearing can be undertaken for fencing, sheds and infrastructure associated with farming the land. The timber can be used to build sheds, post and rail fencing, and infrastructure etc.

The property is currently four-wheel drive access, but can be upgraded. The property is mostly fenced with a new section under construction at the moment.

For more information on this forestry property for sale click here.

Forestry Properties For Sale: Lot 81 Old Comaum Road, Coonawarra, SA

Opportunity knocks

Lots 80 and 81 Old Comaum Road Coonawarra are being sold in two allotments with a total area of 46.63 hectares. This ex-Blue Gum plantation is an opportunity to get a start in farming.

With harvest about to start the first allotment being 40.9ha is a slightly undulating property with areas of native bushland and frontage to the Old Comaum Road. The second allotment is 5.732ha and has access to road frontage.

Both lots will be harvested and stumps will have spray applied.

Offered via Expression of Interest there is also a water license available to allow the continuation of forestry on the allotments.

For more information on this forestry property for sale click here.

Forestry Properties For Sale: Lot 2, Bradleys Road, Stradbroke, VIC 

Ex-forestry land

A great opportunity exists to purchase this 185-acre parcel of land in Bradley's Road, which has been leased to a forestry company for some time, but the time has come to return it to pasture and grazing.

The land is a blank canvass, the forestry company still have to windrow the property and burn the remaining debris before it is ready for settlement.

The property is fenced on all sides, has two dams with loads of potential.

For more information on this forestry property for sale click here.