Lonesome Dove

Land Size: 1,619 Ha. or approx. 4,001 acres

Location: 13.5km from the Richmond town centre, with 11km of the Flinders highway to the front entrance.

Special Features: A rare opportunity to purchase a quality freehold property with good solid improvements

Lonesome Dove Richmond

Location:
The Lonesome Dove homestead is located approximately 13.5km from the Richmond town centre, with 11km of the Flinders highway to the front entrance. Although the property is located in the tick zone, cattle can be cleared on property without any chemical treatment, or presentation to the dip yard.

Facilities/Services:
Mobile phone coverage, internet, and the usual business and services that are accessible in a small rural Queensland town, are in Richmond. The major road and rail transit route runs through Richmond, from Townsville to Mt Isa. There are liveweight weighing of cattle at the Richmond saleyards, as well as railway trucking yards. There is a twice weekly flight to and from Townsville and Mt Isa, as well as a daily bus service between these centres.

Rainfall:
460mm or 18.4 inch long term Richmond district average. Lonesome Dove has had 46mm in January, 220mm in February and 21mm in March bringing the total for 2025 so far, to 287mm.

Area & Tenure:
Lot 15 SP125921 – FREEHOLD – 1,619 Ha. or approx. 4,001 acres
Rates: $623.75 Quarterly
Lot A AP2851 (Permit to Occupy) – 190 Ha or approx. 470 acres
Rent: $62.48 Yearly
Local Authority: Richmond Shire Council

Country:
Lonesome Dove is 100% usable gently undulating Mitchell, Flinders and Buffel grass open
downs country that has a good mix of summer herbages. The 190 Ha PTO is mostly the
O’Connell creek channels, it is very well grassed with Buffel grass and sweet summer
herbages. Lonesome Dove is basically Prickly Acacia free, and if any small seedlings are
found they are quickly poisoned.
Approximately 10 hectares is currently being used for irrigated hay production; supplying
up to 1000 bales per year of 3 x 4 round bale Rhodes grass hay. Other fodder crops are
periodically grown to fatten vendors own livestock.

Waters:
The flowing artesian bore – RN 14056 was drilled in 1959 to a depth of 259 metres. The
last Water Resources test was in 2005 – flow rate was 5.88 litres per second or 508,032
litres per day (approx. 112,000 gallons per day) at 38.2 degrees with a PH of 8.
There is a 22 Megalitre nominal entitlement for the use of irrigation and stock water
attached to the water licence. Water for this bore is also used domestically at the
homestead. Water is gravity fed from the large turkey nest storage to the 3 irrigation bays.
Water security is very good with the livestock water being poly piped to troughs at the end
of the lane and to each paddock, as well as to the cattle yards and water squares.

Fencing & Yards:
The fencing is best described as being in good to very good condition – mostly 3 and 4
barbs. Most of the fencing around the PTO was replaced in 2019. There are five main
livestock paddocks, several small farming paddocks and two laneways to the cattle yards
plus a couple of water squares.
There is a set of steel cattle yards in good condition and the working area of the crush,
weigh box and calf cradle, are undercover. A load/unload ramp, pound with crow’s nest
draft, sprinklers and water troughs complete the yards.

Homestead & Buildings:
The main homestead is in good condition and includes 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, split
system air-conditioning, and is set amongst an established garden. There is a second fully
detached cottage which has 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom and is also air-conditioned. It has its
own skillion carport connected to a shipping container.
There is a molasses tank and several other sheds which include a workshop, garage, 3-
bay machinery shed, 3-bay hay shed and a set of stables.

Livestock & Plant:
60 cows with percentage of calves at foot, and 1 bull will be included in the sale.
There will also be an extensive list of plant and equipment, which will include, but is not
limited to: firefighting unit on trailer, molasses tank on tandem trailer, Honda motor bike,
Suzuki King Quad 500 bike, Honda Pioneer 500 buggy, Suzuki 4WD Ute, 2 x Krone 1500
baling machines, Massey Ferguson 4707 tractor, Deutz Agrofarm 100 DT tractor with
front end loader and implements, hay cutting and raking implements, fertilizer spreader
plus much more. A full list of any livestock, plant and equipment included in the sale will
be available at inspection.

Agents Remarks:
This is a very well presented property that would be an ideal place for semi-retirement, or a base to run another rural contracting business from while being close to town. All improvements are solid and have been well constructed.
A rare opportunity to purchase a quality freehold property with good solid improvements where you can run a few cattle, grow some irrigated hay and enjoy the lifestyle of a rural setting while being close to town.

Asking $2,850,000 WIWO

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