HILLSBOROUGH

Land Size: 42600 hectares

Location: Located 125 km SW of Townsville Hillsborough is well located

Special Features: Hillsborough has had excellent rainfall this season and is now in a very strong position going into 2019.

HILLSBOROUGH..

Hillsborough is Offered for Private sale

Hillsborough is a well located coastal hinterland breeding property which has been well developed especially over past 3 years and incorporating an extensive program of water improvements.

Originally only a breeding operation but now with options to grow out some progeny due to the improved country mainly on the Redbank side.

Located 125 km SW of Townsville Hillsborough is well located to take advantage of all the facilities of a large modern Regional city including school, university, medical services, export meatworks, LiveEx port, shopping and government services.
An aggressive program of improvements have been undertaken by the present owners including fencing (including boundaries) new gateways and assemblies, laneways, main road fenced, 3 new paddocks , over 100 km of new roads greatly improving access.
Seven new bores and new solar units to tanks and troughs, dams cleaned out and extended plus building maintenance, new sheds, and latest design modern yards have all been completed.
The yards incorporate latest handling systems including hydraulic crush , race draft, concreted covered work area and double deck loading ramp.
Water improvement has been a very high priority and has also opened up new country and increased capacity.

A sideline tourism /fossicking accommodation facility is in place with central kitchen/dining and airconditioned donga type rooms and camp sites. Access to certain areas of the property is allowed on a daily rate. This could be continued or disbanded depending on an incoming buyer.
Hillsborough consists of mainly ridge country merging into steeper range sections with large areas of valleys and softer frontage country.
On the NW (Redbank) end there are large areas of undulating to flat open forest country with strong populations of Seca and Verano Stylos and other grasses including, Black Spear , Urachloa,, Wyn Cassia and Indian Couch.
Hillsborough has had excellent rainfall this season and is now in a very strong position going into 2019.

It is offered with extensive and high quality plant plus stock .

It can be sold bare of stock if preferred.
Stock numbers included but which can be varied include:
3000 Breeding FemalesCows and 1st calf Heifers
980 7 and 8 Steers
250 Weaner Steers
250 Weaner Heifers
300 Branded calves
70 Bulls

Hillsborough is Offered for Private sale

Price on Application. For a comprehensive Information Memorandum or to organise an inspection please contact Ruralco Property Qld Rural agent

Peter MacPherson