Position and Services: 179.29 ha (443 acres) - 2 Freehold Titles - 2 road frontages with one being bitumen
Situated on the Bunya Highway 2 kms from Kumbia and approximately 28 kms to Kingaroy. School bus at the gate, daily mail and 3 phase power. Primary School, golf course, hotel and shops are in Kumbia, with the regional center of Kingaroy providing excellent commercial, retail, education and sporting facilities.
Country: Cultivation: Approximately 320 acres is cleared, contoured and cultivated.
Of which approximately 120 acres are gently sloping choice red volcanic to chocolate loams, 160 acres red/grey loams and 40 acres of grey loams closer to the watercourse. Other: Approximately 40 acres are taken up by the irrigation dam, with the balance of the country comprised of waterways, grazing and building areas.
Irrigation: 497 mgl licensed irrigation dam on Reedy Creek with superb 3,000 acre catchment and a 120 Ha irrigation license. Approx. 1.6 kms of 200mm and 2.2 kms of 150mm underground mains complete with hydrants. Approx. 5 years old, center pivot irrigator covers approx 150 acres, further 165 acres can be irrigated with traveling irrigators. Water is pumped by a 3'/4' centrifugal pump powered by a 150 hp 3 phase electric motor. The center pivot is fully equipped with electric motor hydraulic drive and fertiliser/chemical injection pump from a 13,500 liter fiberglass tank, allowing fertiliser and pest control during watering if required.
Improvements: Machinery shed of approx 130 x 90 with 3 phase power. Over half floor area concreted, balance gravel. Superb heavy-duty construction and sufficient height for tipping semis to operate and storing headers. Approx half the shed is equipped with a grain drying and storage complex comprising, 6 steel drying bins of 50 tonne capacity each and 3 bins of 6 tonne capacity each connected to 2 drying units of 60,000 cfm each driven by a 50 hp 3 phase electric motor and gas supply from a 1 tonne tank equipped with automatic timers. Connected to the drying complex are 2 x 70 tonne storage bins. Access to the dryers and bins is by a center lift bucket elevator from an in ground hopper with overhead filling elevator and under bin removal elevators. This is a highly efficient complex in top condition. Fully enclosed workshop with sliding doors and three sides, concrete floor, 3 phase power and lights is in good condition. The main home is a low-set brick home with 3 built in bedrooms, office, lounge, dining room, double garage and large storage area set in attractive treed gardens. The home is air conditioned by a Daikin reverse cycle split system with 3 units. The second is an older timber residence with 3 bedrooms.
Comments: 'Candowie' is very well set up for its existing operation as an irrigated row crop farm. The Kumbia district is renowned for producing peanuts corn, navy beans and sorghum. However the property is ideally suited to conversion to intensive fodder production with a focus on either silage or highly improved pastures. With Candowie's unique water supply, quality soils, infrastructure, location on a tourist highway close to Kingaroy, Bunya Mountains and wineries, "Candowie's" diversity of ventures is virtually limited only by your imagination.
