1735 "Karoola" Old Armidale Road, Guyra NSW 2365

Karoola' 1735 Old Armidale Road, Guyra
374.1ha or 924ac

Karoola is located approximately 14kms west of Guyra with bitumen road frontage.

Home
A well presented 3 bedroom brick veneer home with spacious bedrooms, each complete with built ins. The home is an open plan design with the renovated kitchen opening to the dining and lounge rooms. Heating is supplied via a centrally located slow combustion wood heater.
The house yard is fully fenced and comprises 2 x storage/garden sheds, garage and established trees and shrubs. There is significant domestic water supply with roof catchment and tanks attached to the home and sheds.

Irrigation

Centre Pivot Irrigator
Equipped Valley Centre Pivot comprising 5 x 49m spans with 5.5m overhang plus a booster pump and end gun, covering a total area of 23ha. The Pivot is towable to 2 separate riser points with a third riser point identified not yet equipped. The 3 potential pivot areas would provide approximately 69ha of total irrigated area under the Pivot. The Pivot line from the storage dam comprises approximately 2.75km of 200mm PNG RRJ PVC pipe. Currently sown under the Pivot 1 paddock is improved pasture that comprises PG One 50 perennial Rye grass and clovers.
Currently sown under the Pivot 2 paddock is Eurrabie Oats treated with Emerge.

Travelling Irrigator
The travelling irrigator is towable to 7 separate riser points and can be set in any direction. The current travelling irrigator is estimated to have the potential to irrigate 30ha. Currently sown in the travelling irrigator paddock is 15ha of Lucerne (Wrighten Stamina GT6)
Infrastructure
A large 2 stand electric woolshed with attached sheep yards. Spacious wool handling, processing and storage floor space. The grating area is in good condition.

A combined hay shed and machinery shed measuring approximately 14m x 12m. The hay storage area has a raised timber floor with convenient truck access. The machinery shed has a double parking bay capacity and includes a separate workshop area.
The horse stable infrastructure comprises 3 large stables, tac room and feed room. Adjacent to the stables is a dressage arena and day yards. In addition there is a cutting pen.
Storage Dam and Irrigation Licence
The sale of Karoola includes a 150 megalitre irrigation licence. The storage dam has a capacity of 150 megalitres and is serviced by a huge catchment of western fall water from the very top of the Great Dividing Range. Water security is assured when combining the average annual rainfall with the dams substantial catchment area. In addition to the 150 megalitre licence is the opportunity to secure the harvestable run off rights for the property.

Sheep Yards
The sheep yards have significant capacity with separate drenching race and 3 way draft. The sheep yards are structurally very sound with heavy duty steel panels and overhead bracing of the race and gateways a feature. There is a separate load out facility with all weather truck access. The sheep yards are located at the woolshed and have reticulated trough water available.
Cattle Yards
The cattle yards are a WEAN design and comprise timber posts and steel cable complete with a drafting pound race and undercover vet crush. There is a load out ramp at the end of the race providing all weather truck access and a separate calf marking race and cradle.

Fencing
The majority of the fencing, both boundary and internal, has been recently renewed to a very high standard. The construction is hinge joint with solid timber posts and steels in between. A percentage of the fencing is complete with electric stand-offs.
The property is fenced into 11 internal paddocks. A centrally located laneway links paddocks back to both the sheep and cattle yards, making for efficient stock movements.

Stock Water
High quality water with ample supply for livestock is a real standout feature of Karoola.
Stock water is provided via excellent access to the reliable Laura Creek. The natural watering holes along Laura Creek are a real feature with platypus sightings a regular occurrence.
In addition, surface dams are strategically positioned within the substantial catchment and a reticulated trough watering system is in place where water is pumped to a header tank from Laura Creek.

A great opportunity to achieve intensive production in the New England.

Considered most suitable for a variety of cool climate horticultural enterprises.

Auction to be held at the Guyra Bowling Club, 5th June 2015 at 11am