One Of The Finest Rural Properties For Sale Tamworth

Large Scale Grazing + Cropping Property With First-Class Infrastructure

The Lowestoft Aggregation presents a unique opportunity to secure one of Tamworth’s finest rural properties in the blue-ribbon Gowrie district.

Strategically located within 35km of Tamworth on the New England Highway, the aggregation comprises approximately 3,114.4 acres (1,260.35 hectares) across four properties – ‘Lowestoft’ (992 acres), ‘Darra’ (684.5 acres), ‘Middle Goonoo Goonoo’ (457.4 acres), and ‘Sugarloaf’ (980.5 acres).

This rural property for sale Tamworth comprises around 1,260.35 hectares in the blue-ribbon Gowrie district

Owned by the Wilson family since the 1980s, the property has a long history of producing some of the district’s finest livestock, complemented more recently through diversification into cropping.

With a well-rounded mix of grazing country, ranging from valley floors and creeks with soft undulating rolling hills to timbered hills in the southern pocket, the property currently runs 370 cows plus progeny on the properties, including Hereford, Shorthorns, and Angus bulls and females.

This rural property for sale Tamworth has a long history of producing some of the district’s finest livestock

Additionally, the Lowestoft Aggregation sells approximately 1,600-1,700 lambs annually. The cross border/merino lambs are highly regarded by all major processors and local buyers.

Complementing this, its rich, fertile, alluvial soils support around 590 acres of established permanent pasture. A further 250 acres are used for grain production and another 128 acres was sown to Kitty Hawk winter grazing wheat last year. The property comprises another 1,090 acres of arable grazing country that has been farmed and earmarked for future development.

This rural property for sale Tamworth features rich, fertile, alluvial soils that have underpinned diversification into cropping

Underpinning its reputation for producing high-quality livestock is first-class infrastructure.

The properties boast good quality water from reliable sources including 30 water catchment dams, multiple creeks with both permanent and non-permanent water holes, five equipped bores and three equipped windmills.

This rural property for sale Tamworth boasts good quality water from 30 dams, multiple creeks, and several bores

The Gowrie district’s average rainfall is 28 inches or 700mm annually. Each individual property has its own water supply, but all properties are connected as a back-up water supply to each other.

What’s more, the aggregation features five machinery/hay sheds, two sets of cattle yards, two sets of sheep yards, a shearing shed, numerous silos, and three homesteads.

‘Lowestoft’ Property

Spanning 992 acres (401.5 hectares), ‘Lowestoft’ comprises a mixture of cultivation (107.3 hectares/265.1 acres), pasture (44.1 hectares/108.9 acres), grazing/arable (145.9 hectares/360.5 acres), and pure grazing (104.2 hectares/257.5 acres) paddocks.

Supporting infrastructure includes timber and steel cattle yards with roofed crush and small enclosed storage shed, near-new sheep yards with 1,800-head capacity, 25m x 9m machinery shed with workshop, two 40-tonne silos, and two eight-tonne silos.

This rural property for sale Tamworth includes cattle yards, near-new sheep yard, machinery shed, and four silos

Secure water is provided via eight dams, a 300-foot bore with submersible electric pump, and two windmills equipped with pumps and pipe connected to a header tank which reticulates to 17 troughs throughout the property.

Complementing the on-farm infrastructure is a five-bedroom/two-bathroom brick-veneer homestead featuring a fresh country-style kitchen with a separate formal dining and lounge room showcasing a unique timber panelling ceiling.

This rural property for sale Tamworth offers a five-bedroom/two-bathroom brick-veneer homestead 

There’s also a large family room, spacious laundry, substantial rumpus room plus an office, large outdoor entertaining area, four-car carport, tennis court and established gardens.

Other features include evaporative cooling, wood fire, and electric heating.

‘Darra’ Property

The ‘Darra’ property consists of approximately 277 hectares (684.5 acres) made up of cultivation (9.7 hectares/23.9 acres), pasture (65.62 hectares /162.1 acres), grazing/arable (34.7 hectares/85.7 acres), and grazing (156.3 hectares/386.2 acres) paddocks.

Interconnected into the neighbouring ‘Sugarloaf’ water systems, this property sources water from a 100-foot bore near the house which feeds to a header tank that reticulates to 17 troughs. A second bore near the house is 420-foot deep but is not equipped at present (though it has three-phase power at site).

This rural property for sale Tamworth comes with cattle yards, undercover work area, two hay sheds, and nine silos 

The middle and front ‘Goonoo Goonoo’ paddocks are watered via a windmill equipped with Southern Cross geared head that is 92-foot deep and fitted with three-inch pump and two-inch pipe.

Additional infrastructure includes 22m x 7m cattle yards with weaning pen, undercover work area and 18m x 12m attached shed, 18m x 8m machinery shed with 6m skillions either side, two open-sided hay sheds measuring 22m x 18m and 14.5m x 9m respectively, and nine silos ranging from 73 tonne to 100m tonne.

This rural property for sale Tamworth features a five-bedroom weatherboard homestead with shed/workshop and carport

Housing comprises a tidy five-bedroom weatherboard homestead with laundry, dining, lounge and kitchen, bathroom and two toilets.

Other features include reverse cycle air-conditioning, wood fire, closed-in veranda, shed/workshop located at house, and 6m x 7m carport.

‘Sugarloaf’ Property

‘Sugarloaf’ covers around 396.8 hectares (980.5 acres) of cultivation (10.3 hectares/25.4 acres), pasture (7.2 hectares/17.8 acres), grazing/arable (124.4 hectares/307.4 acres), and grazing (254.9 hectares/629.9 acres) paddocks.

The property features an 18.5m x 8.5m two-stand shearing shed built in 2009, 1,500-head working area with 500-head undercover lock-up capacity, plus a 5.6m skillion over race and draft.

This rural property for sale Tamworth boasts an 18.5m x 8.5m two-stand shearing shed built in 2009

Storage is provided by a 13m x 14m hay shed plus 13m x 9 m workshop with concrete floor, and a 20-tonne flat bottom silo.

Two bores – one 300-foot and another 120-foot deep – feed to header tanks that reticulate to eight troughs across the property. There are also 13 dams.

This rural property for sale Tamworth includes a four-bedroom homestead and 1,500-head working area with 500-head undercover capacity

Topping off the property’s long list of features is a neat four-bedroom, two-bathroom homestead offering kitchen, lounge and dining room with wood fire, plus office.

Other features include evaporative cooling, a wood fire, enclosed back veranda, and a brand new 7m x 7m double carport.

‘Middle Goonoo Goonoo’ Property

Spread across approximately 185.1 hectares (457.4 acres), this property comprises a mixture of cultivation (37.2 hectares/91.9 acres), pasture (132 hectares/326.2 acres), and grazing (15.9 hectares/39.3 acres) paddocks.

Offered for sale as a whole, the Lowestoft Aggregation offers a rare opportunity to secure ownership of one of Tamworth’s premier grazing and cropping properties, conveniently located close to a major regional centre of Tamworth and with direct flights to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

This rural property for sale Tamworth offers a rare opportunity to secure ownership of one of Tamworth’s premier farming operations

The Lowestoft Aggregation is for sale by way of Expressions of Interest closing Monday, March 18 at 5pm.

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