Flinders Park is nestled amongst river red gums directly across the Murrumbidgee river from the heart of Wagga Wagga. The river forms the southern boundary of the property for approximately 1.2 kilometres, proving a unique location with excellent proximity to this regional city.
Land Area:
The property is comprises 59.20 hectares or 146.29 acres on one freehold title.
Home:
The elevated contemporary timber and iron home is designed for modern family life with two living rooms, four bedrooms, main with parents retreat, walk in robe and ensuite, with cross cut stone vanity and pepperino stone tiling in the shower. A southern wing incorporates three more bedrooms, all with built in beech robes, a family bathroom, loft with space for visitors or storage and a laundry with separate toilet and verandah access.
The large open plan kitchen, dining, living space is light filled with a view from every window, has Sydney blue gum floors and is purpose built for family life and entertaining. The kitchen features Red Gum benchtops, a Smeg stove with a five burner gas cooktop, electric oven, stainless steel splashback and a free standing island bench with views to the garden and paddocks. Closely located to the kitchen is a large cellar providing ample storage for your choice of beverage. A second living room provides space for children to play, an area for quite time or an office with a most enjoyable view. Comfort living year round is ensured with hydronic heating, a slow combustion heater, evaporative cooling and ceiling fans.
The living space is surrounded by a Tallowood timber verandah that leads down to the in-ground pool and decked outside entertaining area.
Farming:
The land is flat to gently undulating river flats with alluvial soils; there is a lagoon that fills intermittently, dependent upon river flows. The property is timbered with river red gum and natives that have been planted as shelter for stock and privacy.
Flinders Park is fenced to approximately eight main paddocks with smaller holding paddocks. Approximately 32ha are arable with 18ha established pasture of phalaris, rye and fescue. There is 10ha of barley stubble in the lagoon paddock. The balance of the land includes three paddocks, the largest of which is well timbered with plantings of 4500 native trees including she-oaks, bottlebrush and wattle. The vendors have run sheep and grown crops and estimate Flinders Park will run 200 wethers.
An area of 21.5ha has been developed for irrigation by travelling irrigator, which is supplied on 4" mains with an electric soft start Grundfos pump on a skid at the river.
Small farm infrastructure includes a set of steel cattle yards with crush and loading race, a four bay steel hay shed, of which two bays have been converted to a raised two stand shearing shed, which is ideal for a property of this size. There are yards to hold and shed sheep that feed back to the cattle yards. Machinery shedding comprises a steel three bay shed with skillion, of which two bays have a bitumen floor and workshop area with power and lighting.
Water is secure with a mains water connection, a stock and domestic supply from the river that feeds troughs and there are four rainwater tanks. The district annual average rainfall is 525mm.
Flinders Park is a rare property that offers buyers the best of both worlds a private, peaceful rural lifestyle where you feel miles from city of Wagga Wagga, that is merely minutes away.
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All inspections are by appointment with the agent.
Private Sale: $1,685,000
To contact agent phone:
Sally Douglas 0428 826 645
Property ID: #LWG2464
