Cape River/22386 Flinders Highway, Pentland QLD 4816

Property Details: • Type: Rural

• Bedrooms: 3 • Bathrooms: 1

Description: Location: Cape River is approximately 7 km from Pentland. Area & Tenure: Total Area - 918.9 ha approximately 2270.65 acres. Freehold. Land /Country: Cape River is a mixture of soil types. Along the banks of the river are rich fertile, alluvial loam soils and black soils. With large areas of flat, cleared land. Away from the banks of the river it changes into lighter loam soils, decomposed granites and red clay type soils, typical "Gold Fields" country. The property is timbered with trees such as Moreton Bay gum's, Iron bark, Blood wood, Grey box gum, Vine wood, other various trees and parts of soft wood scrub. The grasses consist of mostly Buffel, Black spear grass, Urachloa, Native Rhodes, Indian couch, blue grass, River Couch, Green Panic and other native and non-native grasses. In addition to these grasses the country has a mixture of legumes such as Seca Stylo, Butterfly pea and Verano which help provide extra protein for cattle, especially later in the year. It has a mixture of good farming land along the river and reliable cattle country off the river. There is approximately 297.41 Ha or 734.9 acres of Category X land with the majority of this land already cleared and ready to farm.  House & Sheds: Cape River has a nice solid, well-built three-bedroom fully airconditioned timber framed house on stumps overlooking the river. It has a nice modern kitchen, a large pantry, a recently renovated bathroom, good sized bedrooms a large open plan living and dining area and beautiful polished floors. Out the front of the house is a long veranda up on stumps and out the back of the house is a large undercover cement patio with an additional shower & toilet plus a storage room and a garden shed. In addition to the house there is a very large excellent quality shed. This shed is approximately 20 metres wide x 25 metres long x 7.5 metres high. It has a concrete floor and electricity connected. In addition to this shed is a section of the old meat works which is used to house plant and equipment, hay and machinery. Farming History: Cape River has previously grown crops such as Sorghum (both forage and grain), Rhodes Grass, Rye corn, Barley, Wheat and Dolichos. The current owners have made silage, grown grain crops and made hay successfully. The soil is well draining and reasonably fertile and crops such as these are great for this type of farming. Not far downstream other farmers are successfully growing potatoes. The farming land has always been irrigated by the two centre pivots and the travelling irrigator. Cattle Yards: The property used to be the Cape River meat works and subsequently has a decent set of solid steel yards on the property not far from the house. Fencing: The property is fenced into 6 main paddocks. Four larger paddocks and two smaller holding paddocks. The 400 acres of farming area around the centre pivots is fenced using hot dipped gal pickets, heavy duty barb and wire netting fencing, helping make it as pig and wallaby proof as possibly achievable. Aside from the farming land the balance of the property is setup to run cattle, with dry cattle found to being the most profitable and economical for the current owners. River Water, Bores, Treated Water, Dam & Swamp: Cape River has a licensed water allocation of 360 Mega Litres (ML) per water year, with no water charges. There are 8 approved extraction points along the Cape River which are marked by GPS coordinates. These locations are on the allocation document is where water can be legally pumped from. To the best of the owner's knowledge, the only known legal requirements for this water allocation is to have approved water metres installed on all pumps which draw water from the river (apart pumps used from riparian use) and to only pump from the 8 approved locations. There is currently no water meters installed on the property. Currently the owners only have 4 of the 8 extraction points equipped with sand spears, inside screens. Bores: In addition to the river water are non-proclaimed bed sands, which allows you to drill and pump from as many bores locations as you desire with no water restrictions and no metering required. Currently there are 3 large bores along this non-proclaimed section. Dam & Swamp: The property also has a large dam which was originally built for stock water requirements for the meat works cattle. It is currently only used for stock purposes. Irrigation: The irrigated land is watered by a combination of high-pressure PVC and a small amount of underground galvanised steel piping (about 40 metres) from the river spear. There is 1.5km of 8-Inch high pressure PVC running from the main bore up and sand spear up to the first pivot and another 1.8 km of 6-inch PVC branching off to the second pivot. Most of the cleared land has been irrigated and previously farmed. There is approximately 200 acres that is irrigated by two centre pivots. Only one centre pivot will be operational. The additional original farming land (approximately 40 acres) at the front of the property and is watered using a Southern cross travelling irrigator and flood irrigation. Of the Category X Land approximately 500 acres of the 734 acres is cleared, cutter barred, and stick picked. Electricity: All of the electricity has been upgraded to three phase power. Plant & Equipment: There is a list of plant and machinery included in the sale. Contact Agent. Quarry Material Allocation: Included with the property will be Quarry Material Allocation out of the Cape River. Disclaimer: The above report has been prepared by Slaney & Co based on information supplied by the property owner and other credible sources. Every endeavor has been made to verify its accuracy. 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