Longreach 4730 QLD

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MT RYDE - FOR IMMEDIATE SALE!

Clean wool growing country, suitable to breed, grow & fatten cattle & goats.

Location - approx 130 km west of Longreach in Central Western QueenslandGPS.

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SERVICES:-

* Longreach services a huge area of central Qld with a liveweight selling centre, rail and trucking facilities.

* State & Catholic schools together with the Longreach School of Distance Education and the Australian Agricultural College.

* The Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame & Outback Heritage Centre & the QANTAS founders Museum attract major tourism.

* Daily air & bus services from Brisbane.

* Base hospital and private medical practice.

* Centre of government decentralisation.

* Mt Ryde has twice weekly mail service to the door, STD telephone, broadband internet, satellite television & rural power.

* Tourism opportunities with miles of varied bushwalking including rock cave exploration, opal and agate fossicking, bird watching - (The shearing quarters & accomodation could be utilised efficiently).

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AREA AND TENURE:-

Approx 27,195 ha (67,200 acres) Lot 3451 on Crown plan PH29/3451 County Musgrave, Parish Bootha

Rainfall approx 350 ml (14 inches)

Carrying capacity approx 1,500 DBE /12,000 DSE in normal season. Currently de-stocked.

Health Status TB, brucellosis & tick free.

Water 11 quick catch open dams ranging from approx 4,000 to 25,000 yard capacity. Pipelines, troughs, tanks (incl. cup and saucer). Semi-permanent holes in extensive creek system. (Also rock holes).

Country SAFE, with a good mix of quick responding, pulled & sewn pebbly gidgea country approx 14,164 ha (35,000 acres) pulled 1986, 19889Approx 10,117 ha (25,000) acres) untouched gidgea, Spinifex & dry season mulga reserves..

Remainder a balance of creek systems with established buffel grass.PMAV in place on 14,000 ha.

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IMPROVEMENTS:-

* Large homestead with 7 bedrooms plus office and others. Set in large expanse of lawn with established trees.

* 6 stand shearing shed with steel sheep yards, and accommodation quarters for 12.

* Cattle yards (capable of holding approx 300 head) constructed of steel panels of 40mm pipe, 5 way draft, CIA crush with strong arm, loading ramp..

* 9 main paddocks, 4 holding paddocks and good laneway system with electricity.

* Large workshed near house, graded airstrip

* Electric pressure pump floats on house dam.

Price has been reduced from 1.6m to negotiable $1.4m. Contact owner to arrange an inspection.