LONGREACH’S Isla Downs Station heads this week’s list of interesting listings across the country in the property review.

 $11.5m for Longreach’s well grassed Isla Downs

 Windorah’s David and Beck Smith to auction Evengy

 $13m+ for Cootamundra’s Gidgee

 Productive grazing and farming in CW NSW

$11.5m for Longreach’s well grassed Isla Downs

PRODUCERS chasing feed are showing good interest in the well grassed Isla Downs Station in central western Queensland which is priced at $11.5 million bare.

The 17,091ha exclusion fenced property, 157km south-east of Longreach and 240km from Blackall, is being sold by Jon and Debbie Karger after 25 years of ownership.

Elmes Rural agent Cameron Elmes said the property is suited to grazing cattle, sheep and goats.

“After recently receiving 95mm of rain, Isla Downs has abundant feed which is attracting good interest from locals, southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.”

Isla Downs is currently stocked with 520 cows and calves and 2650 sheep but is being sold on a bare basis. The vendor estimates the property can also run 1200 dry cattle or 5000 sheep.

The mostly sweet pebbly open downs and boree downs country is growing an abundance of summer and winter herbages, as well as Mitchell, Flinders and blue grasses.

There are some areas of gidgee and coolabah creeks lightly shaded with boree, gidgee, whitewood, sandalwood and dogwood.

Isla Downs is watered by one bore and nine dams, supported by 350mm of average annual rainfall.

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom home, a cottage, a five-bedroom demountable quarters, a six-stand shearing shed, three cattle yards and numerous sheds.

Windorah’s David and Beck Smith to auction Evengy

After 21 years of ownership, David Smith and his daughter, Rebecca ‘Beck’ Smith, have decided to downsize and take Evengy, in central-west Queensland, to auction.

The 52,800ha property is located 14km west of Stonehenge, 156km south of Longreach and 163km north of Windorah.

The father and daughter duo will instead focus on their other property, Hammond Downs, near Windorah.

Nutrien Harcourts GDL agent Tony Lilburne described Evengy as an ideal calf factory.

“The Smiths have benefited from strong calving percentages year after year, turning off quality weaners that consistently carry plenty of weight for age.”

Mr Lilburne said the property presents well and is currently being destocked.

“There is a good body of feed that consistently runs 800 cows and calves, increasing to 1200 in better seasons.”

Co-agent Andrew McCallum said Evengy is a highly regarded, low-cost western grazing asset offering both value and productivity.

“The breeder block is attracting strong interest from locals, as well as producers from the inside country. The carrying capacity could also be increased by expanding the water infrastructure.”

The holding features productive flood-out country from the Thompson River, Warbreccan Creek and Frasers Creek, along with black soils, gidyea stone and soft red mulga running into boree downs-type and range country.

Pastures include several varieties of Mitchell, Queensland blue, button and spinifex grasses, along with seasonal herbages and salines.

Evengy is in a 508mm average annual rainfall region, and is also watered by four equipped bores and nine dams.

Numerous permanent and semi-permanent waterholes are found along Warbreccan and Frasers Creeks, with the Thompson River supplying Dinah’s waterhole.

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom home, five cattle yards and numerous sheds, plus around 10km of exclusion fencing along the boundary.

Evengy will be auctioned bare on June 4.

$13m+ for Cootamundra’s Gidgee

More than $13 million is anticipated for a scenic mixed grazing and farming enterprise on the South West Slopes region of New South Wales.

The 1418ha Gidgee is located 28km south of Cootamundra and 36km from Coolac.

The property is suited to livestock breeding and finishing, as well as dryland cropping for fodder and grain production.

The gently undulating landscape is underpinned by fertile soils including granite loams and red brown earths over clay subsoils, supported by a strong fertiliser and liming program.

Around 588ha are considered arable of which 188ha are sown to grazing cereals (oats and triticale).

The balance is improved pastures (phalaris, sub clover and plantain) with perennial native grass and sub clover pastures capable of running 12,000 Dry Sheep Equivalents.

Gidgee is situated in a 622mm average annual rainfall region, and is also reliably watered by an equipped bore, 36 dams and frontage to Burra, Brawlin and Stony Creeks.

Infrastructure includes a recently renovated four-bedroom home, a six-stand shearing shed, sheep and cattle yards, numerous sheds and 220 tonnes of silo storage.

LAWD agents Col Medway and Tim Corcoran are handling the sale.

Gidgee is being offered for sale by expressions of interest closing on June 11.

Productive grazing and farming in central west NSW

A productive property used for grazing and dryland cropping in the Central West region of New South Wales is up for sale at $4571/ha ($1850/ac) to $4942/ha ($2000/ac).

The 2538ha Ashford Heath has been held by members of the Jones family for around 70 years.

It is located 12km from Bogan Gate, 13km from Trundle and 49km from Parkes.

Around 1981ha (77-80 percent) of the fertile limestone to red and brown soils are arable, with the owners typically sowing around 800ha to dual purpose and fodder crops, including canola, wheat, barley and oats.

Alongside the cropping operation, the Jones operate a 9000DSE prime lamb breeding and finishing program on open Kurrajong country growing native pastures. Currently, they are running 2100 ewes and lambs on large areas of established lucerne.

Elders agents Brian McAneney and Chris Malone said Ashford Heath is offered in first class order.

“The soils in the area are renowned for their productivity and turning off prime lambs and beef, with the vendors producing high yielding grains and pulses, prime lambs, first cross maiden ewes and soft bright Merino wool.”

They said Ashford Heath is an ideal, stand-alone operation, or one that would fit alongside existing operations within the region.

“It offers real value for money for lamb production and cash cropping.”

Ashford Heath is securely watered by 44 dams and three bores (two are equipped), and supported by 533mm of average annual rainfall.

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom home, a cottage, a four-stand shearing shed, an original two-stand shearing shed, steel sheep yards, numerous sheds and eight silos with 380-tonnes of grain capacity.

In addition, the property has a 6ha quarry with the Parkes Shire Council extracting between 30,000 and 50,000 tonnes per year. Income is generated at $1 per tonne extracted.