"St Elmo" 7195 Terry Hie Hie Road, Bingara NSW 2404

'St Elmo' , 7195 Terry Hie Hie Road, Rocky Creek, NSW 2390

3,006 acres (1,216.49 ha) Lease in Perpetuity
Lot 11,18,19,23. DP 754822

St Elmo is situated in the high rainfall upper reaches of the highly fertile Horton Valley. Within striking distance of the major centres of Moree, Narrabri & Bingara, this property has the reputation of being in one of the renowned grazing areas of the state.
St Elmo is still in the development stage with the surrounding established neighbours an excellent indicator of the potential of this block.
With sheltered grazing valleys and high rainfall, the carrying capacity of this block is still an unknown quantity. In recent times the present owners have been running it as a merino breeding operation as well as a cattle breeding/fattening block. At present the vendor, as purely a cattle enterprise sights St Elmo as a 180 - 200 breeder plus followers' operation.
In the past 80 ha (200 ac) has been farmed and planted down to oats but it is currently been allowed to revert back to native pasture.

Rates
Gwydir Shire Council $3,596.02 p.a
North West Local Land Services $795.79 p.a
Lease in Perpetuity $500 p.a.

Position
St Elmo is positioned:

• 45 km west of Bingara
• 79 km southeast of Moree
• 73 km northeast of Narrabri

From Moree, travel SE to Terry Hie Hie and then turn left after heading towards Berrigal Creek (4 km) and take the Terry Hie Hie /Rocky Creek Road. St Elmo is then approx 5 km before you meet the Bingara / Narrabri Road. The road is bitumen to Bingara & Narrabri, with a small section to be sealed coming from Moree with the remainder being a good gravel road.

St Elmo has fertile alluvial flats along the creeks rising to low grazing hills and then steeper timbered country to the back on the eastern boundary.

Soil types are predominately red to chocolate loams with some black alluvial, then rising to some gravelly ridges. Timber is mainly Applegum, Kurrajong, Wilga, White Box, Broad leaf Iron bark & Pine with some Ti Tree, along the waterways. Grass cover is mainly native species being Red grass and Coolatai as well as winter medics.

Water & Rainfall
There are 8 dams as well as semi-permanent holes along Campbell Creek & Dry Creek which are complimented by 3 permanent springs. Between the homestead and the woolshed is also an unequipped bore.

Rainwater is stored in 6 tanks on the homestead and surrounding sheds, totalling approx. 110,000L (24,000 gal) of capacity.

The average annual rainfall at St Elmo is 860 mm (34 inch)

Improvements
Homestead
The St Elmo homestead is an older style weatherboard house being 4 bedroom, loungeroom/dining area, kitchen, bathroom,2 toilets, laundry and an open verandah surrounding.
There is also weatherboard 2-bedroom shearers quarters that have been partly renovated.

Woolshed
The woolshed is 3 stand unequipped with a recently constructed skillion to store farm machinery. There is 240 V power to the woolshed.

Shed
A 80'x 30' timber and gal machinery shed is positioned not far from the house.

Yards & Fencing
There are 2 sets of sheepyards. At the woolshed which includes a covered race and another smaller set at the back of the property. There is 1 set of cattle yards built of timber and steel which is complimented by a CIA crush and situated at the front of the property near the homestead.
St Elmo is divided into 8 paddocks with a large amount of internal fencing having been undertaken. There is currently 12ha being fenced off for a Regent Honeyeater habitat which has allowed funding for fencing and significant water infrastructure improvements.

Grain Storage
A 40 tonne cone bottom silo.

Auction:
Postponed