Mount Beni is an easy-to-manage 988 acre farm offering a variety of livestock and farming production options. It has a comfortable three bedroom cottage, sound working improvements and features connection to town water. Currently running 120 breeding cows and located in the heart of the central west, Mount Beni offers great value as a start-up block or additional country.
Location
Located just 1km out of the village of Merrygoen. It is 33km north of Dunedoo, 113km north of Mudgee and 90km east of Dubbo.
Area
399.96 hectares or 988 acres
Title particulars
The property comprises Lots 18, 40, 50 and 57 of DP 754971. Lot 50, which comprises 4.05 hectares, or 10 acres, is Permissive Occupancy, the remainder is unrestricted freehold.
Rainfall
Average 650ml, or 26 inches, per annum
Rates
Warrambungles Shire Council, rates for 2017 were $2,565.45.
Services
240 volt power, STD phone, mail 3 times per week.
The property is connected to the Merrygoen town water supply.
School bus goes past the front gate to primary and high school in Mendooran, 10km away, and also connects with a bus to Dubbo schools.
Country
The country is principally level to gently undulating and north facing. Soils are mainly red and grey loams. There is a ridge running along the southern boundary of the property that is moderately timbered, with the remainder cleared leaving shelter trees.
Fencing
The boundary fences are all either new or sound and stockproof. There is approximately 7.5km of new fencing. The property is subdivided into thirteen main paddocks.
Pasture development
Currently there is approximately 43 hectares, or 106 acres, sown to Lucerne. In 2005 there was approximately 200 tonnes of Sydney Water bio-solids applied to the property, and in 2008 280 cubic metres of chook manure was applied. Soils tests have been conducted over the property which are available to prospective purchasers. It is estimated approximately 250 hectares, or 620 acres could be farmed.
Water
A feature of the property is connection to the Merrygoen town water supply. The supply pipe, which draws from the Castlereagh River, bisects the property and there is a meter allowing the owner of Mount Beni to draw water for stock and domestic purposes. This costs the current owner approximately $500 per annum. In addition, there are eighteen dams, many of which have been recently cleaned out.
House
There is a comfortable three bedroom weatherboard and fibro cottage with an iron roof. It features ten foot six ceilings, renovated bathroom and kitchen, wood heater, evaporative air conditioning and is surrounded on all sides by an enclosed verandah. The house has had all electricals and plumbing renewed over the last couple of years. Outside there is an established garden with a variety of productive fruit trees and an irrigation system. There is 20,000 gallons of rainwater storage for the house.
Working Improvements
There is a large timber framed machinery shed 24 metres by 9 metres, attached to the back of which are four steel horse boxes. There is another shed 6 metres by 6 metres enclosed on three sides, and a three room hut with power and water for storage.
There is an older woolshed, which is sound, but would need some work to put back into service.
There is a good set of steel and timber cattle yards with undercover crush and loading ramp, capable of comfortably handling 100 head.
Productivity
The current owner has been consistently running 120 breeding cows on Mount Beni, taking the calves off as weaners to another property. It would be equally suited as a cropping block, a sheep operation, or any combination.
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