Lot 2 - 'Refriag of 194.41 Acres / 78.68 HA (Lots 1 & 3 adjoining are listed separately)
*Rustic and character filled 4 bedroom timber home, sunlit lounge and separate family room, 2 bathrooms, set in a delightfully established garden surrounds.
*Attractive 10 Acre / 4.6HA wetlands located close to the home for recreational and stockwater purposes. Sundry machinery and hay shedding. Former dairy converted to cattleyards.
* Fertile undulating country with excellent subdivision of 17 paddocks.
Ideally suited as a productive standalone small cattle property with the home set in idyllic surrounds.
LISTING DETAILS AS A WHOLE OR IN 3 CONTINGENT SEPARATE LOTS:
LOCATION: 1171 Condah/Ettrick Road, Heywood of 569.15 AC / 230.34 HA. Heywood (pop. 1,000) is the closest service center 15km to the south-west which provides all day to day services including health, schooling, retail and agricultural. Notably the deep sea port of Portland (pop. 10,000) is 50km which provides fertilizer inbound and live cattle exports and grain outbound. Centrally situated to all major regional centers – Warrnambool (91km), Hamilton (50km) and Mt Gambier (102km).
SERVICES: School bus at gate for kindergarten, primary and secondary schools at Heywood but all Hamilton Private schools 4.6 km at Henty Highway. Garbage collection at gate, papers and mail 5 days per week. Grocery deliveries at gate.
TENURE: Unspecified amount of 99 year unused road lease
IMPROVEMENTS: Main home:
Elevated encapsulating magnificent views of the property is a spacious cement sheet construction family home which has been significantly renovated in recent times. Comprising of 4 double bedrooms all with BIR's accessed from central hallway (with large storage cupboards). Master bedroom with renovated large ensuite and centrally situated renovated family bathroom with bath and separate shower unit. North facing open plan large living room renovated with smart glass windows (as is most of the home) with new sliding doors opens onto an elevated timber wide deck (4m). Living room features outstanding north and easterly facing rural and farm views and slow combustion wood heater and new R/c Air conditioner (4 years old). Adjacent is an open plan kitchen renovated 3 years ago, again with delightful rural farm views with as new 3 yr old Smeg double self-cleaning SS wall oven and 4 burner ceramic cook tops. As new 3 yr old SS Bosch dishwasher, twin fridge cavity, twin sinks, island bench for food preparation purposes and breakfast bar to seat 4. Renovated laundry with under bench washer & drier. Easterly facing timber verandah leading to new garage with roller doors (electric). Home has been re-stumped (3years ago & new gutters) and newly insulated double bats in roof. Fully fenced/side yard which is dog proof. Extensive easy care low maintenance principally native garden with roses, vegie garden and small orchard. 2 poultry sheds. Second garage (single) and small workshop & garden shed (power & lights) is situated close by as is woodshed. 6 bay GI implement shed (7m x 28m open fronted (7 bays) including built in tack room and horse wash bay.
Farming Improvements
Fully equipped 23 A/S H/B dairy set up for one person operation, DeLaval milking plant and variable vacuum pump. 16,000L DeLaval Milk Vat. 380 cow yard. Collared cow herd (June 2022, Waikato brand Ned App Cow Collars) with auto draft with easy dairy computer system monitoring herd health and fertility ($189,000 investment 2022). 3 pond effluent system – Southern Cross pump on 3rd pond can irrigate via travelling irrigator assists with autumn break or supplements fodder crop. Undercover AI race/vet yard with 30 head capacity & 9 in AI race. New heavy duty vet crush. Large capacity automated feed system at dairy with variable speed feed heads comprising of 220 ton capacity on farm grain storage (3 silos), canola silo (30 ton) and feed silo with grain disc mill. Easy b double access to dairy and shedding for milk and hay deliveries. B double access to paddocks on Mission Road for feed purposes. As new “Action” (5 yrs old, 32m x 15m x 6m) steel fabricated open fronted hay and feed shed with 800 large square bale capacity. Substantial limestone hard stand area around shedding and dairy. Staff amenities include standalone single persons quarters, bedroom and bathroom. As new purpose built galvanized iron 10 bay calf shed 100 head capacity (6m x 40m open-fronted with earthen floor), troughs throughout and 20 ton pellet silo. The calf shed is strategically situated to 4 purpose built calf paddocks. (Bega Better Farm Practices). Substantial post and rail cattle yards with easy year round b double access.
WATER: Sub pump on bore near dairy with as new pump (2 yrs ago) supplies dairy water for plate cooler & wash down purposes and can supplement stock water if required via 40ml poly piping. This diameter piping runs in a loop throughout the property. Main stock water is sourced from spring-fed dam located north of house and pumped via pressure pump into main stock water loop-line. This spring is supplemented during the summer months or as required by a large spring equipped with large solar panel (6 years old) in native vegetation at eastern end of property. 1,000 gallon concrete troughs in all paddocks. 3 poly tanks (36,000L each) at dairy for fresh water purposes. 2 large cement tanks at home for domestic purposes with spring water for garden and toilet purposes.
PADDOCKS: Excellent subdivision of 42 paddocks averaging around 4-5HA. Extensive laneway system with tracks of limestone base and red gravel (both available locally) in excellent order.
FENCING: Extensive and effective 6ft high purpose built kangaroo electrified fencing around total boundary (7km). All internal fencing 2 wire electric in excellent order. Purpose fenced conventional and electric 7 wire calf paddocks.
PASTURES: All latest species perennial ryegrass pastures, majority Diploid and topped up regularly and over sown when required. Approximately 26HA of native vegetation some parkland, some denser yet all used for grazing purposes providing valuable shade and shelter (currently holding 2 years of conserved silage in bunkers).
FERTILISER: Very strong fertilizer history with Capital autumn application, multiple spring applications and urea following cows during the growing season. Urea applications every 30 days during winter/spring. Soil tests available and Vickery's Heywood supply & spread.
RAINFALL: 800ml/32-33' plus rainfall country.
SOIL TYPE: Noted north of Heywood fertile red loam soil types with a minority of darker sandy loams on eastern end.
CONTOUR: Picturesque gently undulating country with strategically placed native shelter belts.
STOCK: 380 high production principally Friesian (80%) cows genetically selected with advice from Colman Baulch (Genetics Australia). Autumn calving from early April. 101 Heifers joined to calve in 2023.
PRODUCTION: Target 220,000 milk solids (578 kgs/cow) with 2 ton of grain fed in bale.
COMMENTS: A noted grass growing dairy farm which has been meticulously managed and upgraded over the last 15 years of the current owners tenure to a high production dairy farm. A wonderful opportunity to secure one of the district's superior dairy farms and can be purchased on a walk in walk out basis – “just turn the vat on”. As an option, Lots 2 & 3 can be purchased which would complete the package as it is farmed today. Alternatively, the property would be ideally suited for dairy inputs, fodder production, beef breeding and fattening and prime lamb production.
Lot 2 “Refraig” 464 Milltown Mission Road, Milltown – 194.41 Acres / 78.68 HA (3 Titles)
Former dairy farm purchased for dairy run off purposes conveniently situated approximately 2 kms from dairy platform. Uniquely designed rustic and character filled local timber built 4 bedroom home with GI roof. Attractive and delightfully established garden surrounds with garden running onto 10 Acres / 4.6 HA wetlands used for both recreational and stockwater purposes. These wetlands are freshwater spring fed and fenced and stockwater is pressurized to all troughs.
North facing rustic and character built home is complete with blackwood kitchen with gas appliances and meals area. Living room with gas heating. Large north facing second lounge/dining room. Family bathroom and “tradesmen” shower and vanity inside back door. Numerous implement sheds including machinery and hay shed, old dairy converted to “undercover” cattle yards with heavy duty crush.
Excellent subdivision of 17 paddocks some of which accessed via laneways. Excellent internal conventional fencing and new purpose built kangaroo fence on boundary similar to the dairy farm.
Multiple shelter belts including 17 acres or thereabouts of native bush which has a Trust For Nature Covenant. Approximately 160 acres of the property is spreadable for fertilizer purposes. All perennial pastures. Strong fertility for outpaddock purposes. (Olsen P's – 15-20. Moderately acidic) Soil tests available. Recently limed 1 ton to the acre – April 2022.
Lot 3 “Gerry's” – 1203 Condah/Ettrick Road, Heywood on 16 Acres
Recently acquired property purchased for additional accommodation purposes and to complete dairy platform layout. Comprises of 3 bedroom hardiplank home with separate kitchen and lounge. Second living / rumpus room. Family bathroom. Implement shed/workshop – 3 bay – 1 bay enclosed with power and plumbing. Set in established easy care garden and lawned area. Second ancillary shed. All rainwater catchment via 2 tanks. Portion of native vegetation.
