THE historic Bundaberg property Takoko has sold under the hammer for $1.93 million at an Elders auction today.
The buyers were Lindsay and Pam Ward from South Kolan.
Located 40km from Bundaberg, the aggregation is in seven freehold titles and covers 784-hectares (1939 acres). The country is diverse balance being a mixture of frost free red soil through to pastured creek flats and grazing country.
In recent years the cultivation areas were irrigated from the three dams. This country has since been returned to improved pastures.
The original highset Queenslander built in the late 1920s and offers stunning views of the rural landscape. Other improvements include a machinery shed and timber yards.
Fishing and crabbing enthusiasts are also well catered for as Takoko has three saltwater creek frontages that all form boundaries being the Littabella, Mullett and Landsborough creek systems.
The historic property had been held in the same family for more than 100 years.
The history of Takoko goes back to the late 1800s when a Palmwoods pineapple grower boarded the train, heading north looking for more land.
To his joy the train stopped at a station called Takoko and near a sloping block of good timbered country. With further investigation he was delighted to find the ridge was covered in rich red soil and had good water. This was an ideal site for the Dickson family’s future pineapple farm.
They ran a dairy and grew pineapples, knowing the beautiful soil had the potential to grow anything.
The sale was handled by Baden Lowrie from Elders, Bundaberg.
