THIS week’s property review includes this wrap up of recently completed sales across New South Wales and Queensland.

 Longreach’s Darriveen makes $6.2m

 NSW Hay Plains country changes hands

Longreach’s Darriveen makes $6.2m

Darriveen in western Queensland has made $6.2 million ($648/ha) at auction, selling to Greg and Belinda Terry from Muttaburra for expansion.

Located 75km north of Longreach and 80km south of Muttaburra, the sale of the 9569ha fully exclusion fenced property ends around 70 years of the Hetherington and Cameron family.

The productive breeding and finishing property boasts heavy carrying, open Mitchell grass downs country capable of running around 1000 backgrounders or 8000DSE.

Situated in a 425mm average annual rainfall region, the property is watered by a solar equipped artesian bore, two dams and numerous waterholes.

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom Queenslander homestead, a two-bedroom cottage, steel cattle yards, two sheep yards, sheds, a six-stand shearing shed and a shearers’ quarters.

Resolute Property Group agent Ben Forrest handled the sale of Darriveen.

NSW Hay Plains country changes hands

The multi-generational ownership of Mutherumbung Station in south-western New South Wales will continue following its sale to a family member.

Pat and Sharon Bunyan were seeking offers of around $10 million for their merino sheep and cotton country near Booligal, 110km north of Hay.

Instead, their son and daughter-in-law, Simon and Sarah Bunyan, have sold their prime Riverina breeding and backgrounding country (see below) to secure the 5771ha grazing and irrigation holding.

The Hay Plains country is typically open with grey and red soils growing salt and cotton bush, native grasses and clovers and is renowned for growing and finishing livestock in addition to wool production.

Historically running a self-replacing merino flock, Mutherumbung Station is currently running 1500 mixed age ewes with lambs at foot, and 600 weaners.

When the Buyans added two irrigation bores, 304ha of country was laser levelled into a bankless channel and pond irrigation layout to grow cotton in rotation with barley and pasture for sheep feed.

Situated in a 300mm rainfall region, water is supplied by a stock and domestic bore and an open channel system from the Merrowie Creek.

Attached to the sale of Mutherumbung Station was a 1043ML Lower Lachlan Groundwater irrigation licence.

Infrastructure includes a six-bedroom home, a six-stand shearing shed, sheep yards, shearers quarters and numerous sheds, with most of the fencing replaced within the last two years.

Clancy’s

The 4630ha Clancy’s recently sold to the Morphett family of Alma Station as an add-on to their adjoining sheep enterprise.

The low input pastoral country is situated in the heart of the Hay Plains and 50km north-west of Booligal.

Offering a mix of native pasture and herbages, the property is suited to breeding and backgrounding sheep, goats and cattle.

Clancy’s is watered by 3km of dual frontage to the seasonal Merrowie Creek and a bore which feeds a network of tanks and troughs.

Infrastructure includes a modern five-stand shearing shed, steel sheep and cattle yards, a 2800 head containment area, an original crutching shed and a significant amount of renewed fencing.

Elders agent Matt Horne handled the sale of Clancy’s together with Inglis Rural Property agent Sam Triggs.