- Approx 28 kms East of Mt Barker and 60 kms North of Albany.
- 379 hectares of cleared pasture crop country.
- Excellent mixed soil types, good fertiliser history and excellent water supplies.
- Fenced into 10 main paddocks with ringlock and plain wire electric on wood and steel posts.
- Large 5 bed room home, small shearing shed and GP shed.
- Currently returning over $100,000 from three revenue streams.
Area:
473.2403 hectares or 1.169.38 acres
Location:
The property is situated approximately 28 km east of Mt Barker and 58 Kilometres North of Albany on Washpool Road Woogenellup and some 390 kms South East of Perth in the Shire of Plantagenet.
Services:
Well serviced from Mt Barker which has great government facilities, numerous sporting clubs and great country town atmosphere. The City of Albany is also only a short drive away and has excellent facilities of all kinds, large department stores, numerous government facilities and also a large number of private and government schools plus a pristine coastline with great fishing and beaches for other water activities. Cattle Sale yards Albany-Mt Barker and Katanning with grain facilities Albany Port.
Zoning:
Rural
Description:
Quality gentle undulating country in a prime productive region of Western Australia. Originally timbered with jarrah, yate, wandoo, redgum and paper bark.
Soil Types:
Good mixed soil types from loams, gravels loams with small areas of sands. Grazing - crop area at 379 hectares with good mixed pasture of clovers ryes and kikuyu grass with a crop area very suitable for canola and wheat plus barley crops. Good fertiliser over numerous years with applications of super & potash 3:2 with rates at 100 kgs plus over numerous years with lime applications to canola crop country with MAP extra at 80 kgs plus applications of nitrogen to suit requirements and seasonal conditions..
Water:
The property is well watered from numerous 12 dams, 1 bore & 3 troughs, domestic water supplies from rainwater tank. Excellent water supplies and very adequate for the property of this size and Bendi Creek also has a water contract with an adjoining property with a good income attached.
Rainfall:
550 to 600 plus mm.
Fencing:
11 paddocks with a few smaller holding paddocks. Plain wire electric fencing plus ringlock. All in good serviceable condition with some new over the last few years and a constant fencing maintenance programme is in place over the property.
Improvements:
Improvements on the property that include, small shearing shed and GP shed and sheep yards all in fair to average condition.
Homestead:
Fibro and iron five bedroom home in neat tidy condition that is rented to the next door property owners at a rate of $180 per week. This is in fair condition
Remarks:
BENDI CREEK presents as an excellent mixed farming property of also very suitable for stock only or crop. The property has fair serviceable facilities that are well located and set up for ease of stock movement and also cropping programs. The property is also suitable for hay farming, excellent facilities and located in a good reliable region of Western Australia.
Prime location situated in highly sort after region of the state and located in the Great Southern, close to Mt Barker, City of Albany and the prime Mt Barker & Porongurup wine region.
Bendi Creek is currently under lease for the 2016 season and also has a water supply agreement and house rental agreement in place returning a good income.
Currently running 250 steers on a $5 per week agistment, water from dams at $30,000 plus GST per year plus the house at $180 per week income stream
Property ID: #LAY3724
