Dalby

For sale by Public Auction - 11 am 15th January 2009 at the Office of Fitzsimmons Real Estate, 47 Condamine Street, Dalby. Location: 2628 Jondaryan St Ruth Road. Area: 323.6 ha (799.615 ac) freehold. Services: Rural electricity, telephone, mail service 3/week, TV reception, grain silos and 2 cotton gins at Dalby, cotton gin at Cecil Plains, close proximity to major feedlots, bitumen road frontage, 26 km to Dalby and 80 km to Toowoomba. Country: Mainly treeless self mulching open plain country with a small area of lighter country in the north eastern corner. Cultivation: 222 ha (548.5 ac) green acres with 67.2 ha (166 ac) dryland cultivation. The balance area comprises buildings, roads, ring tank, sumps and ditches. The majority of the cultivation has been laser levelled. Allocation: Nominal water allocation 493 mL/water year. Current year 293 mL. Water Infrastructure: Ring Tank - 540 mL with a 60 mL sump and a second 14 mL for tail water collection. Ring Tank Pumps - Inlet Pumps - 1 x 260 HP John Deere c/w 26" China pump, - 1 x 80 HP John Deere 16" China pump. Discharge Pump - 1 x 80 HP JOhn Deere c/w 12" China pump - 1 x 12 HP Yanmar powered vacuum pump. Irrigation Bores - 1 x 110 HP Perkins engine equipped bore supplies 70000 gph max - 1 X 90 HP Perkins engine equipped bore supplies 40000 gph max. Lift PUmps - 4 x lift pumps (diesel powered c/w China pumps) Underground Mains - 3.8 km 12" PVC pipe - 4 hydrants - 2.8 km 8" Poly and PVC pipe - .4 km 6" PVC pipe. Structural Improvements House - 4 bedroom renovated house with kitchen, dining room, family room (split system air conditioner), bathroom, office, laundry with shower. 2 x 36000 litre concrete tanks and 1 x 4500 litre tank and pressure pump. House bore - put down in 1993. 55 m deep equipped with a new submersible pump. Quarters - shower, toilet, hand basin, sink, A/c unit, 9000 litre tank. Sheds - 20 m x 8 m, enclosed 2 sides and back, 13500 litre tank - 12 m x 8 m store shed - 13 m x 9 m vehicle shed - 20 m x 9 m implement shed - Lockable insulated chemical container - 6 m container. Grain Storage - 2 x 130 ton Miitze silos - 2 x 70 ton Miitze silos - 1 x 100 ton Kotzur - 1 x 120 ton Denny - 1 x 50 ton Webster (all with aerators) Extras: Concrete wash down bay, loading ramp, underground power to silos and sheds, fuel storage (4000 gallons at the sheds, 9000 gallons at the dam, 4000 gallons at the bores). REMARKS: This is one of the best set up irrigation farms available. Discerning buyers will appreciate the infrastructure and diversity with 2 bores, ring tank, underground mains and buildings. Water transfer from the bores or ring tank is very efficient with underground mains minimising water loss. NB. OFFERS PRIOR TO THE AUCTION WILL BE CONSIDERED.