“"Illawong" - An affordable Semi-Sustainable Farm”
Illawong represents an affordable semi-sustainable farm with good improvements. Currently used as a fodder base and run off for a dairy farm but also highly suited also for cereal cropping and sheep. Opportunity to subdivided given access to eleven Mile Lane.
AREA: 314 acres as a whole or home an all improvements on 30 acres (STCA)
LOCATION: 174 Woorndoo Darlington Road, Woorndoo. 23km Mortlake, 48km Terang, 73km Warrnambool, 65km Hamilton. Approximately 2.5 hours driving time to Melbourne.
SERVICES: School bus to Mortlake P12 school at gate. Postal delivery at gate.
IMPROVEMENTS: Hardiplank Bond home (built 8 years ago) ex Ballarat). 3 brms, 2 of which are north facing, both with BIRs. All brms are carpeted. Master brm with WIR and ensuite. Family bathroom and separate toilet and laundry. North facing living area looking over wetland and rural countryside. Living area opens onto verandah, which completely surrounds the home in wrap around design. Living room has gas wall heater. Kitchen features twin sinks, corner pantry and small breakfast bar, electric wall oven and hot plates. The kitchen overlooks the rear verandah.
The home is built with a sense of elevation, overlooking the rural countryside and wetlands.
Farming improvements include 2 stand equipped GI woolshed with 250 sheep undercover capacity. As new 3 sided steel fabricated hayshed (8m x 20m) with one bay concreted. GI machinery shed, 3 sided with two thirds concreted floor, also used as workshop. Power connected, wired for welding.
WATER: Windmill on bore with 2000 gallon tank. Separate dam. Large front wetlands, which current owner pumps to a high tank, and gravity fed via 2" mainline to 1¾ to troughs in all paddocks.
PADDOCKS: 4 main paddocks + holding paddocks.
FENCING: Conventional fencing with the vast majority of all new boundary fencing being 9 plain wire & hot wire.
PASTURES: 280 acres suitable for cereal or fodder cropping. Currently
60Ha/148 Acres Red Wheat stubble, balance oats & Tetila stubble.
FERTILISER: Fertilized annually last 4 years. Last 100kg MAP on cropping paddocks last year.
RAINFALL: 22 25 rainfall country
SOIL TYPE: Grey loam soils of basalt origin - all arable, any floating rocks removed.
CONTOUR: Principally flat
STOCK: 51 Spring Dairy + beef heifers.
Balcony
Built-in Robes
Workshop
Semi sustainable farm, Cereal Cropping, Dairy run off, Sheep farming, Fodder base
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