THIS week’s property review includes this wrap-up of interesting recent listings and sales across Queensland.

 NQ’s Helen Downs heads to auction

 Wyuna adds Qld property to its regenerative ag platform

NQ’s Helen Downs heads to auction

The Davison family’s productive cattle and sheep holding in Queensland’s north-west will be auctioned on October 9, ending 37 years of ownership.

The 10,062ha Helen Downs is a freehold block south of the tick line, 72km south-east of Julia Creek in the McKinlay Shire.

The walk-in walk-out sale includes 700 Charolais and Droughtmaster breeders, progeny and bulls plus 250 Merino/Dorper cross Australian White sheep.

Subject to seasonal conditions, the open black soil Mitchell grass downs country can run 1400 adult equivalents.

Currently, the property has a robust cover of Mitchell and Flinders grasses, with channels supporting native grasses and summer herbages.

Prickly acacia grows on around a third of the property, mainly along the bore drains, offering shade during summer and a high-protein feed source for livestock.

Stockplace agent James Coates said Helen Downs has been managed with a focus on sustainable land practices.

“The well-established grazing system delivers immediate cash flow potential, supported by established infrastructure and reliable pastures.

“Also, it presents as an opportunity for operators seeking potential for further development.”

Helen Downs is extensively watered by a flowing artesian bore via 35km of open bore drains and a dam, supported by 450mm of rainfall a year.

The infrastructure is described as high quality and includes a four-bedroom home, a two-bedroom cottage, a six-stand shearing shed, a shearers quarters, steel sheep and cattle yards, a butcher’s shop, numerous sheds and 9km of new boundary fencing.

Wyuna adds Queensland property to its regenerative ag platform

Australian regenerative agriculture platform Wyuna has been named as the buyer of Bendena Station in south-west Queensland.

The 60,700ha Bendena Station is located on the Nebine Creek, west of Bollon, and was sold in July with a 25-year Human-Induced Regeneration project that started in 2017.

Wyuna operates a natural capital and regenerative ag platform, backed by a significant focus on vegetation-based carbon removals to support Australia’s transition to a low carbon economy.

Bendena brings the Wyuna aggregation to 109,265ha with three other holdings — Arlington, north of Bollon, Vincentia, west of Bollon and Lussvale, south of Mitchell — in south-west Queensland that are estimated to create 2.2 million ACCUs over the life of the projects.

CEO and co-founder Steve Green described Bendena as a grazing and natural capital powerhouse.

“While it was one of the first carbon projects in Australia to register an environmental account under the Accounting for Nature Framework, Bendena is the first HIR project to achieve certification, establishing a baseline that provides valuable insight into how the state of nature can be monitored and improved over time.”

Alongside natural capital goals, Wyuna is running 2000 cows as part of its focus on sustainable red meat production.