AREA: 36,867ha—91,103 acres
(incorporating two holdings: Keelambara 58,869ac and Tindy: 32,234ac).
LOCATION: Approx 50km N/W from Tilpa on Tongo Road.
COUNTRY: Well-balanced Cuttaburra and Darling River beneficial flood-out areas. Soft bluebush, saltbush, neverfail and salines, soft red loam, Rosewood and belah country supported by good stands of buffel, bluebush and neverfail. Open plains to lightly timbered areas of black box, Yapunyah cane grass swamps and lignum in lower channels.
WATER: Well watered by sub-artesian bores, four solar systems—two on main power, three windmills all with concrete toughing and poly, new storage tanks. Various pipelines, five earth dams, eight active bores—two not used.
FENCING: Boundary all steel five-wire barb approx. 18km new 7-90-30 hingejoint subdivided into 17 paddocks, various smaller holdings, five sets of steel out-station sheep handling yards.
IMPROVEMENTS: Keelambara homestead is a comfortable four-bedroom cement brick construction including kitchen, office, separate lounge room, large cool room, evaporative air conditioning and established gardens and lawns. Machinery shed approx. 80' x 20' + workshop. Shearing shed (Cyclone type) five-stand individual electric, sheep loading ramp from shed to first deck, all steel sheep yards, new three-way draft, branding race under cover plus lockable chemical shed. Yards have sprinklers and water troughs and can handle 5,000 sheep. All-steel, modern cattle yards, crush and loading ramp, cooler yard handling 300 head. Quarters to accommodate 13 people—all well maintained.
Tindy has an all-steel, four-stand not equipped shearing shed wired to 240 volt. All-steel sheep yards, water connected handling 3,000. Serviceable, self contained cottage and quarters—all wired to 240 volt small machinery shed.
CARRYING CAPACITY: Keelambara: historically carrying around 5,500 grown sheep (3,500 breeding ewes) plus 80 breeders.
Tindy: carrying 3,000 grown dry sheep. Over the past five years the property has averaged 230 bales per annum.
Both properties enjoy cash flow from seasonal mustering of bush goats returning around $80,000 to $100,000 pa. The geography of land-type allows considerable increase in production after low-level Cuttaburra flood events.
AGENT'S REMARKS: Water is a major feature of this property, along with good structural improvements throughout. Presently lightly stocked and run as a Merino breeding and wool production property. Being known as one of the best in the renowned Tilpa West Darling area.
Keelambara and Tindy are approx. 4km apart and could be separately purchased sale contingent.
Inspections exclusively with David Russell, 0418 636 050.
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