. Sutton Grange Road, Sedgwick VIC 3551

Lot 1 (Northern parcel) 29 Ha / 73 ac Lot 3, Sutton Grange Road, Sedgwick
Lot 2 Sold.

The last remaining farmlet is zoned rural residential with several potential house sites (STCA) to take advantage of the stunning views to Mount Alexander. The Rural Residential zone allows for subdivision and construction of a dwelling on land which is 8ha / 20ac or more (STCA)Fencing is excellent and accurately reflects the title boundaries . Access is via the sealed Sutton Grange - Bendigo road. Travel time to Bendigo is approximately 20 mins, Castlemaine 15 mins, and Melbourne airport 80 mins. The region is reknowned for its climate and mix of low density lifestyle farmlets and broad acre full time farmers. Average rainfall for the region is 650mm per annum. The headwaters of Axe Creek flow this property providing reliable water supply, in addition to the dam permit to construct a dam on the west side of Axe Creek. Mobile phone and broadband reception is excellent. Power is available directly over the road.
Soils are fertile alluvial loams with generous grass cover of wallaby, kangaroo, spear, brome plus other species suitable for grazing and breeding / fattening programs. The combined property formerly ran 200 sheep with lambs, but now with half of the ppty recently sold, read approx. 100 ewes and lambs. Extensive native revegetation work was undertaken in 2009 with over 8500 plantings. All of the plantings followed deep ripping and herbicide treatment. Axe Creek is bordered by a selection of mature River Red Gums and regenerating seedlings. Other scattered mature trees include Red Box, Yellow Box, Grey Box and Long-leaf Box.

Twenty nest boxes for birds and mammals have been placed in trees throughout the farm. A curent permit is in place for a Stock and Domestic dam to be constructed on the property. There are excellent gully sites and winter soaks to take advantage of an excellent collection site.