198 Elliott Road Hervey Range, 4817 QLD

Speed Creek Hay, Horse, Grazing and Finger Lime Property

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Productive farm, WIWO with machinery and income, at the top of Hervey Range.
Wonderfully located, away from the hustle and bustle of city living, 198 Elliott Road, Hervey Range, is only 30 minutes from Townsville’s Willows Shopping Centre and the Willows State School. 20 minutes to the Rupertswood Early Learning Centre.
On top of the range, at 350 metres above sea level, it is a cooler, crisper climate. 52kms from The Strand and Queensland Country Bank Stadium to watch the Cowboys in action.


LAND
Encompassing 17 freehold hectares (42 acres), this property has a frontage to Speed Creek, with semi-permanent waterholes, heaps of shade from River Oaks and Blue Gum trees. The fertile creek flat has been developed for dryland Rhodes Grass hay production, with potential to become an irrigation block with an irrigation license of 29 mgs.
Further up the ridge is an established Finger Lime orchard of some 290 trees, all irrigated. The property is situated in a 925mm annual average rainfall area.
Physical Address: 198 Elliott Road, Hervey Range Qld., 4817
Real Property Description: L53 SP187000
Charters Towers Regional Council rates: $1360.80 half yearly.
Property has been in the vendor’s ownership for 18 years.

HOMESTEAD
A quaint 2 storey homestead is surrounded by an established lawn, garden, and extensive fruit tree orchard. 2 bedrooms, lounge, study and bathroom and toilet upstairs, 1 bedroom downstairs along with open plan kitchen (recently renovated), lounge and dining are surrounded on three sides by a cement veranda, with bathroom, toilet, and laundry, all downstairs.
Enjoy the warmth of the wood fireplace strategically placed in the lounge to warm both upstairs and down.

GRANNY FLAT
For the visitor, staff or family member there is a one-bedroom granny flat with kitchen, lounge, bathroom, toilet and laundry attached to Shed 1.

SHEDS
Shed 1. Currently used as a car and machinery shed. It has two storage rooms attached to this shed.
Located to the side of this shed is a raised 20 ft container for extra storage.
Shed 2. Encompasses a workshop, machinery shed and is also used to store hay.
Shed 3. This shed is on the top side of the block near the lime trees, this was previously used as a 10 stall horse stables and has been converted to machinery and storage shed.
Off the side of this shed are two containers with a roof and five-meter bay in between. This also has been used as horse stall and shoeing shed.

HORSE FACILITIES
A round yard and 4 undercover horse stalls.

WATER
Very good quality bore water is accessed by way of an electric submersible pump. The bore is 10 metres deep and pumps at approx. 5000 litres per hour, supplying a 22,000-litre cement tank.
Speed Creek offers semi-permanent waterholes and water is available with the use of sand spears should it be required. There is a 29 megalitre Irrigation License.
The property has a 600m single frontage to Speed Creek.

SOIL
Mostly fertile Sandy Loam.

FENCING
Fences are in very good condition with approx. 30 acres being Exclusion Fenced.

AGRICULTURAL INCOME
There is approx. 8 hectares (20 acres) of established dryland Rhodes Grass for hay production.
Another 4.2 hectares (12 acres) could be readily established.
There is 290 Finger Limes planted on a ridge in the northern section of the property. These trees are irrigated and range in age from 2 years to 6 months.

PLANT
Tractors
Kubota M8580 (85 HP) 4WD, Air Cab, with FEL Bucket and Hay Fork.
Fiat 750 Special (75 HP), with FEL Bucket and Blade.
Hay Equipment
Kuhn VB2160 Round Baler
IH Mower Conditioner
New Holland Hayliner 69 Small square baler
Hay Rake
Other Plant
Boom Spray
Yamaha 250cc 4-Wheeler
Toro Ride on Mower
Unregistered Farm tip truck


SUMMARY
This property is ideally suited to anyone who wants to move closer to Townsville but still have a rural lifestyle. It has an established income stream through hay sales and potential Finger Lime production. It would also be suited to horses or cattle or any other farming pursuit. This property enjoys a great climate and has a secure reliable water supply and 29 Meg Irrigation License.

For Sale $1,300,000

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Inspection of this property is available strictly by arrangement only.

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