Well-Rounded Lamb, Beef Breeding Property For Sale TAS

Rural Property For Sale TAS Offers Huge Upside

Located in the Central Highlands, this rural property for sale Tasmania offers a proven, well-rounded grass fed lamb and beef breeding operation as well as a producer of fine Merino wool – with huge upside!

Just an hour north of Hobart, ‘Rotherwood’ consists of 2,880 hectares including 1,350 hectares of open grazing land, 500 hectares of bush runs for grazing, 110 hectares of hardwood plantation, 12.5 hectares of softwood plantation and 800 hectares of native forest.

The property has a strong history of sheep production with the current livestock enterprise running approximately 7,000 DSE consisting of 2,900 breeding ewes, 1,200 wethers, 350 Merino hogget ewes, 900 Merino hogget wethers and 760 first-cross lambs.

This rural property for sale Tasmania is a proven, well-rounded grass fed lamb and beef breeding operation with huge upside

Notably, ‘Rotherwood’ offers substantial upside in carrying capacity with further pasture and fertility improvements. Potential carrying capacity is estimated at 10,800 DSE or 1,353 AE.

First-class infrastructure is already in place to support expansion of livesock activities, with an eight-megalitre dam equipped with solar pump feeding two 150,000-litre tanks.

Water is then gravity fed to the stock troughs in most paddocks.

This rural property for sale Tasmania boasts an eight-megalitre dam equipped with solar pump feeding two 150,000-litre tanks

Complementing this is an excellent, reliable bore providing water for the house and surrounds, and tank and house dam which also delivers stock water to the front paddocks – and topped up by average annual rainfall of 622 millimetres.

Additional infrastructure improvements include shearers’ quarters, cattle yards with new race, crush and scales, a 38m x16m five-stand shearing shed which can accommodate up to 1,000 sheep undercover, steel sheep yards, Prattley sheep scales and three-way draft, Proway bulk handler, as-new Peak handler, modern sheep dip, and large concrete footbath.

A range of livestock machinery and equipment is available in a walk-in-walk-out transition.

This rural property for sale Tasmania features well-equipped sheep and cattle yards, five-stand shearing shed and shearers’ quarters

What’s more, ‘Rotherwood’ also offers huge potential for carbon projects in forestry and soil.

A 120-hectare native White Gum bush is currently being selectively harvested under a two-three year forest practice plan while an 800-hectare forest under private timber reserve is due for selective harvesting in five years.

On top of this, a 110-hectare hardwood plantation is ready to harvest with the forest practices plan approved, contractors engaged and ready for market to open up, as is a 12.5-hectare mature pine plantation under joint venture.

This rural property for sale Tasmania offers massive potential for carbon projects in forestry and soil

Enhancing the property’s appeal is an air-conditioned homestead featuring five bedrooms, including an expansive main bedroom, two offices/studies, multiple living areas, and rumpus room.

Surrounding the home is a large established garden with magnificent mature trees watered by an automated system – plus an above-ground pool.

For those who want to live in a more sustainable way the garden also includes a glass house and covered orchard comprising approximately 10 different fruit varieties.

This rural property for sale Tasmania includes a five-bedroom homestead and modern three-bedroom cottage

Additionally, a modern three-bedroom cottage is a few hundred metres away from the main homestead and is currently tenanted.

This is a large-scale property with a long history of production offering myriad opportunities for further development.

‘Rotherwood’ is for sale by Expressions of Interest closing June 21, if not sold beforehand.

Click on the following link for more information on this rural property for sale Tasmania at 749 Rotherwood Road, Lower Marshes, TAS.