From Historic Homesteads To Large Cattle Stations: Explore The Most Expensive Rural Properties For Sale In Australia

Discover The Top 5 Most Expensive Rural Properties For Sale In Australia

What do ‘Picardy Station’, ‘Emu Creek’, ‘Stonehenge’, ‘Forest Lodge and ‘Parkside Lane’ have in common? No, this isn’t the set-up to a bad joke - each of these properties holds a spot on farmbuy.com’s list of the top-five most expensive rural properties for sale in Australia.

Drawn from 5,181 rural properties currently for sale on Australia’s leading specialist rural property website (with a listed price and including a residence), below are the highest-priced rural properties on the market, starting with number five.

5. 1 Parkside Lane, Bald Hills, QLD ($10.5M)

Less than 20km from the Brisbane CBD, this coveted rural property for sale offers an exclusive retreat with the sophistication and prestige synonymous with city’s finest estates.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia is less than 20km from the Brisbane CBD and is currently a viable farming operation

Within minutes of the Bruce Highway and boasting private access to the South Pine River, this 61.77-hectare (152-acre) property is currently a viable farming operation with endless possibilities. Listed at $10.5 million, its size and position lend itself to subdivision, townhouse/unit development, polo ground (subject to council approval), or a private golf course.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia comprises prime grazing river flats fenced into 11 paddocks and abundant natural pastures

Spread across five freehold titles, the property comprises prime grazing river flats fenced into 11 paddocks and abundant natural pastures of paspalum, kikuyu, Rhodes grass and clover supporting a carrying capacity of 150 head. Water for stock and irrigation is available from two bores, two dams and a lagoon system.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia offers 10 horse/cattle yards, steel stock yards, machinery sheds and a helicoper hangar

The private estate also offers 10 horse/cattle yards (combination of timber and steel), steel stock yards with covered race, crush, scales and plunge dip, two excellent machinery sheds, two helipads and helicopter hangar.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia features a double-storey home combining design excellence with modern functionality

Entered via a tree-lined, concrete driveway with automatic front gates, the double-storey home combines design excellence with modern functionality to produce an easy living, yet infinitely stylish home with every luxury inclusion.

Above: The home on this rural property for sale Australia features three bedrooms, including master suite with fully tiled ensuite

The home features three bedrooms, including master suite with fully tiled ensuite, generous walk-in wardrobe, and an alcove for a desk.

Above: The home on this rural property for sale Australia features open-plan living areas with fireplace and opens on to entertainment area

Equipped with ducted air-conditioning and back-to-base alarm system, it boasts open-plan living areas with fireplace and bifold doors opening on to an entertainment area with commercial BBQ and fridges.

Above: The home on this rural property for sale Australia boasts a media room, infinity edge pool and full-size tennis court

The home is an entertainer’s delight, with media room, infinity edge pool, full-size tennis court, motocross track with sprinkler system, private river access with floating pontoon, boat ramp and boat shed, two-car portico and double garage.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia inclues a 248sqm office building with board room, meeting room and open-plan work space

Enhancing its appeal, the property offers a second residence with three-bedrooms (refitted in 2018) – perfect for staff or guest accommodation. What’s more, the property features a 248-square-metre office building overlooking the lakes and encompassing board room, meeting room, open-plan work space with cubicles, private offices, staff kitchen, male and female amenities, and 14 covered car parks.

Click on the following link for more information on this rural property for sale at 1 Parkside Lane, Bald Hills, QLD.

4. 1075 Middle Route Road, Merah North, NSW ($12.5M)

Comprising 2,173.77 hectares (5,371.38 acres), ‘Forest Lodge’ is a rare mixed farming opportunity located 17 kilometres south west of Merah North, 31 kilometres west of Wee Waa and 72 kilometres west of Narrabri.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia 72 kilometres west of Narrabri comprises a rare 2,173.77ha mixed farming operation

Priced at $12.5 million, the rural property features heavy self-mulching black soils which for 100 years has produced award-winning sheep and prime cattle. More recently, the property has developed 765 hectares (1,890 acres) of cultivation, providing the diversity to take advantage of variety of crops which can be grown in the area due to its soil and climate.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia features heavy self-mulching black soils which produce award-winning sheep and prime cattle

‘Forest Lodge’ boasts extensive improvements including a three-bedroom home, two-bedroom cottage, machinery shed, wool shed, two 50-tonne and one 40-tonne grain silos, and cattle yards.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia boasts extensive improvements including a three-bedroom home and multiple sheds

Divided into 21 paddocks, the property’s fencing is mostly of four plain and two barbed wire construction. It also boasts excellent boundary fencing.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia is divided into 21 paddocks and is well fenced both internally and on the boundary

Water, which is to be auctioned separately, is a feature of ‘Forest Lodge’ and is provided via several sources, including six licensed bores (four with solar pumps and two at the house with electric submersibles), 10 x 5,000-gallon tanks and six troughs.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia is well watered via bores, 10 x 5,000-gallon tanks and six troughs, five dams and creek

Additionally, the property features five earth dams and Gunidgera Creek, which runs through the middle of the property, receives regular stock and domestic flows. Rainfall averages approximately 600mm a year.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia also benefits from several internal creeks plus a five-megalitre stock and domestic licence

As well as Gunidgera Creek, Little Gunidgera Creek and Myall Creek run in a flood. A five-megalitre stock and domestic licence is attached to Gunidgera Creek, however the property has never utilised the resource.

Click on the following link for more information on this rural property for sale at 1075 Middle Route Road, Merah North, NSW.

3. 1114 Stonehenge Road, Stonehenge, Tasmania ($25M)

‘Stonehenge’ is one of Tasmania’s most significant properties, as evidenced by its $25 million price tag!

Above: This rural property for sale Australia is one of Tasmania’s most significant properties located 30km east of Oatlands

Originally settled by Samuel Page in 1855, the rural property is situated in the Eastern Midlands, 30 kilometres east of Oatlands. The holding was purchased by the McShane family in 1947 and has been held by the family for three-quarters of a century.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia combines a long rich history with an agricultural diversity and scale

‘Stonehenge’ combines a long rich history with an agricultural diversity and scale to create a unique and truly significant Tasmanian holding. The centrepiece to this diverse grazing and irrigation property is the seven-bedroom slate roofed Henry Hunter designed sandstone home built in 1879. This grand piece of architecture has been modernised into a functional home without losing any of its presence. Grand rooms, high ceilings and ornate fittings feature throughout.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia features a seven-bedroom slate roofed Henry Hunter designed sandstone home built in 1879

The rural property had a carrying 14,000 DSE before it was divided for succession planning and irrigation was then developed. ‘Stonehenge’ has a water right of 1,360 megalitres and owns a half share in a 1,500-megalitre storage dam. Five 40-hectare pivot circles have been developed comprising 250mm pipe, with one machine servicing two circles each year. There is a further six circles planned. There is potential for a 5,000 megalitre dam site in the south-east of the property.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia inclues 1,800ha of arable/semi-arable country with balance native grasslands and forests

The holding has two kilometres of frontage to Boomer Creek, five kilometres of frontage and eight kilometres of frontage internally to Little Swanport River, and two kilometres of frontage to Nutting Garden Rivulet. It benefits from a long-term average rainfall of 600mm. Approximately 1,800 hectares of ‘Stonehenge’ is arable/semi-arable country with the balance being open native grasslands grazing, bush runs and some commercial forest.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia includes two-storey sandstone stables, five-stand shearing shed, plus sheep and cattle yards

Major improvements on the property include separate two-storey sandstone stables, a three-bedroom weatherboard home with open plan living/kitchen area, five-stand shearing shed capable of shearing 1,500 sheep, plus inside sheep yards, cattle yards, chemical shed, six-bedroom shearers’ quarters, slaughterhouse, fertiliser/grain bunker, silo and a commercial quarry.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia is set-up for horses with a dressage yard, lunging yard, hay shed, horse shelter sheds

A short distance from the house is an area set-up for horses with a dressage yard, lunging yard, hay shed, horse shelter sheds, and a trail area with some obstacles. The sale of ‘Stonehenge’ represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to purchase an iconic Tasmanian property.

Click on the following link for more information on this rural property for sale at 1114 Stonehenge Road, Stonehenge, Tasmania.

2. 247 Old Brookmount Road, Walcha, NSW ($32M)

Listed for sale either as a whole for $36 million, or in parcels from $13.6 million, ‘Emu Creek’ is a commercial-scale cattle and sheep breeding property that has been under single family ownership for 155 years.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia is a cattle and sheep breeding property that's been owned by the same family for 155 years

The property is situated in the prized New England region of NSW, one of the premier high-rainfall grazing districts of eastern Australia. Currently stocked with 950 cows and 2,000 ewes and followers, the property is rated at 1,500 cows in a self-replacing spring calving weaner production system, with a conservative carrying capacity totalling 25,000 DSE.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia is rated at 1,500 cows in a self-replacing spring calving weaner production system

‘Emu Creek’ is equally suitable to support any combination of beef, lamb and wool production and benefits from reliable water via permanent creeks, dams and bores. Annual rainfall averages 700mm.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia benefits from reliable water via permanent creeks, dams and bores

Rising from creek flats through arable slopes to grazing hillsides, the property’s productive soils support improved and native perennial grass and clover pastures.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia features productive soils supported by improved and native perennial grass and clover pastures

The 1,291.5-hectare ‘Emu Creek’ homestead is offered as a parcel for $18.4 million and includes the historic homestead (circa 1908) plus superior accommodation options for both owners and staff.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia includes an historic homestead circa 1908 plus accommodation for both owners and staff

Working improvements include a wool shed and cattle yards as well as multiple sheds. The property has an estimated carrying capacity of 900 cows in a spring calving weaner production system.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia is listed for sale either as a whole for $36 million, or in parcels from $13.6 million

‘Emu Creek East’ (1,735.1* hectares) is being presented for sale as a parcel for $13.8 million. Improvements include a wool shed, sheep yards and cattle yards. The holding has an estimated carrying capacity of 600 cows in a spring calving weaner production system.

Above: The ‘Emu Creek East’ parcel in this rural property for sale Australia includes a wool shed, sheep yards and cattle yards

‘Emu Creek’ boasts frontage to three roads and is just 14 kilometres from Walcha, 106 kilometres from Tamworth and 432 kilometres from Sydney CBD.

Click on the following link for more information on this rural property for sale at 247 Old Brookmount Road, Walcha, NSW.

1. Dysart, QLD ($50M)

Ranking as the most expensive rural property for sale at $50 million, ‘Picardy Station’ is a unique large-scale dryland cropping and grazing enterprise based on highly favourable soil types and topography and featuring fit-for-purpose operational improvements.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia is a dryland cropping/grazing enterprise featuring fit-for-purpose operational improvements

Located in a summer-dominant rainfall environment, the property combines a large-scale and highly-efficient dryland cropping opportunity combined with cattle agistment, environmental offset income, plus being base-line assessed in preparation for a carbon project.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia combines a large-scale dryland cropping opportunity with cattle agistment

Approximately 7,819 hectares (74 per cent) have been developed to dryland cropping with the balance (2,800 hectares) utilised for grazing. ‘Picardy Station’ has a history of grain sorghum and chickpea production with the potential to add cereals and dryland cotton to the rotation. Deep self-mulching fertile soils with cation exchange capacities from 27-60meq/100g provides capacity to sequester carbon under focussed management.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia has a history of grain sorghum and chickpea production with potential to add cereals and cotton

The grazing land located along drainage lines is securely watered and well fenced from the cultivation area. The property features a strategic field layout, internal road network and a network of spray water filling points to enhance operational efficiencies.

Above: This rural property for sale Australia features an office, multiple sheds and accommodation units, workshop and cattle yards

Outstanding infrastructure includes office, machinery shed, workshop, chemical shed, two storage sheds, two cattle yards, outpost cattle yards, substantial grain storage (5,300 tonnes), a two-bedroom manager’s residence and workers’ quarters. ‘Picardy Station’ is situated in the Isaac region of Queensland, 10km east of the Dysart town centre, and benefits from 8km of bitumen frontage to the Golden Mile Road.

Click on the following link for more information on this rural property for sale at Dysart, QLD.