Holbrook District - Nest Hill
Area: 2026 acres
Title: Currently restricted purchase. Will be converted to
freehold on settlement.
Situation: Nest Hill is located 24 kilometres north
east of Holbrook with alternate access via Hume Freeway
then Wagga Westby Road or Holbrook Wagga road then
Stonehaven Road (12 kilometres of gravel road) Nest
Hill is 80 kilometres from Albury and 60 kilometres
from Wagga Wagga.
Education: Primary Public and Catholic Schools at
Holbrook with bus pickup only two kilometres away.
Charles Sturt University at Albury and Wagga Wagga
plus TAFE.
Country: Typical eastern Riverina grazing country,
ranging from sloping grey and red loam soils to steeper
hill country with granite outcrops. Some light shale soils
and semi permanent creeks.
Timber: Predominately Grey, Yellow and Red Box plus
Kurrajong and small areas of Stringy Bark.
Cropping / Pasture: Basically Phalaris, Cocksfoot
and Clover pastures have been developed with
native grasses, mainly Red Grass on the steeper hill
country. About 282 hectares (696 acres) could be
cropped with Wheat and Oats sown over the years.
Full details of cropping, super history and soil tests are
available.
Water: An excellent water scheme has been created
throughout the property with 32 dams servicing 21
paddocks with 14 dams desilted over the past 16 years.
The homestead, shearing shed and machinery shed
all interconnected with 90,000 litres available for the
homestead.
Rainfall: Generally accepted 700mm - 750mm (28-29
inches)
Fencing: Boundary is steel and wood posts, with netting
and cyclone. Internal fencing is a mix of steel and wood
strainers with netting, cyclone and plain wire. Generally
in good condition.
Utilisation: A true grazing property extremely suited
to sheep breeding, wool growing, fat lambs or cattle
breeding with arable areas for cropping.
Homestead: 27 years old built in a colonial style of about
28-30 squares weatherboard on concrete slab with
colour bond roofing and all round bullnose verandah with
carport. The living area comprises of a large country style
kitchen with walk in pantry, large bench areas and ample
cupboard space, wall oven and hot plate for cooking.
The kitchen and family rooms have cork flooring all other
rooms have carpet throughout. The dining/lounge area
is L shaped with open fireplace and large bay window
overlooking spacious lawns and gardens. The whole
area has high cathedral type ceilings. Leading from the
family room is a wide passage to four bedrooms. The
main is large with full ensuite, walk in robe and large
bay window. Bedrooms two and three have built in
robes while bedroom four could be used as an office. A
large bathroom and laundry adjacent. The family room
has wood heating and the cooling is provided by an
evaporative cooler ducted to four rooms.
Cottage: This second home is a fibro dwelling with iron
roof comprising three bedrooms, large kitchen open plan
living area lounge area and all conveniences and front
verandah. Satellite NBN is connected to the cottage.
Improvements: Large timber framed machinery shed
(seven bays), 35' x 20' steel framed workshop (power
connected). Four stand shearing shed equipped with
over head gear for 3 stands, one large wool room with
steel bugle type sheep yards. Large steel hayshed. 2 x
50 tonne silos, and on overhead fuel tank.
Remarks: Nest Hill has been planned for ease of
management with graded roads and laneways leading
to the sheepyards and woolshed.
The homestead and cottage are set in attractive gardens
with large trees and spacious lawns. The garden area and
lawns have in ground sprinkler systems connected to a
pressure pump with water supplied by a large dam.
Contact Angus Macleod 0414 670 286
Inspections: Farm Tours Tuesday 10.30 am starting 26th Feb until week of auction.
Auction: 22nd March 2012 at 12 noon at Ray White Rural Auction Room.
