MORE than 100 years of the Kavanagh family’s ownership will go under the hammer when the Springsure property Park View is auctioned on April 13.
Located 15km west of Springsure and 83km from Emerald, the 2075 hectares (5127 acres) property is on the southern side of the highly-sought after Central Highlands region.
The current owners have made the decision to retire. Park View will be auctioned in Emerald on April 13.
The quality farming country is predominately black basalt downs running onto deep alluvial creek flats, with soil profiles ranging from 60cm to 375cm deep.
The country includes 1117ha of dryland farming country and a further 86ha available for either irrigation or dryland farming. Currently 192ha of grain sorghum and 146ha of forage sorghum is planted on a full moisture profile. The balance of the country is 871ha of lightly timbered ironbark, mountain coolibah and bloodwood basalt ridges running out onto black soil downs and creek flats. The country is heavy carrying with a big body of buffel, blue grass, forest Mitchell and black spear grass.
Two creeks traverse the property and have numerous semi-permanent springs and a permanent spring. There are also three bores, tanks and a trough system, and a stock dam. There is also a 400 megalitre irrigation dam.
The property is fenced into 15 main and six holding paddocks. All of the paddocks are linked to a laneway system to the cattle yards. With a large percentage of relative new fencing which is predominately 4 barb with timber and steel posts.
The extensive and very well maintained structural improvements are a feature of Park View. They include a four bedroom homestead set in established gardens, four bedroom home, worker’s cottage, sheds, workshop, silos, and steel cattle yards.
Marketing agent Russell Lindley, Ray White Rural, said the quality of the structures and the improvements was testament to the property’s ability to generate a sustained income over a very long period.
“With 30mm of rain over the past week the property is off to an excellent start to the season with a full profile of moisture on the farming country and a good body of green feed,” Mr Lindley said.
Contact Russell Lindley, 0427 071 820, or David Buckley, 0448 010 162, Ray White Rural.
