Nooroo
TIGHTLY HELD NEW ENGLAND PROPERTY TO BE SOLD BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Owners of a successful Santa stud operation have made the decision to sell with future plans to focus on their livestock and real estate business in Bingara. Located in the tightly held and highly fertile New England district, ‘Nooroo’, Bingara, NSW, lends itself to a variety of operations. With its prime location and excellent infrastructure, the property offers a superb opportunity for a stud operation wishing to relocate to the area and acquire a versatile slice of New England country.
Centrally located, only 5*hours from Sydney, 1* hour from Moree and a mere 1.5*hours from Armidale, ‘Nooroo’ is also positioned just an hour from major feed lots, the grain belt of Northstar plus major sale yards and abattoirs.
Spanning 1,037 hectares* (2,562* acres), ‘Nooroo’ comprises three freehold titles.
Perfect cattle country, the property’s incredibly fertile land makes it a very versatile proposition and an ideal size for a substantial operation for farming, fattening breeding or as a stud complex. The beauty is in its ability to grow more than enough fodder to sustain even the largest herds.
The country is a mix of sloping red and chocolate basalt soils with some small areas of pine on the ridges. The larger percentage of the property has been cleared over time with the original timbers being a mix of Box, Gum, Wilga, Apple Tree, Kurrajong and Ironbark. There is a significant body of feed with native grasses and natural clovers.
550* acres is currently cultivated and utilized for winter and summer fodder crops for stock feed and the farming area could be increased if required.
“Nooroo’ is exceptionally well watered via 4 bores, 8 dams and Hallam Spring Creek which is spring fed. Domestic water is supplied from a bore at the house plus a dam with electric pump. There are also two rainwater tanks – 1 x 40,000 and 1 x 20,000 gallon capacity.
The main homestead is a 5-bedroom air-conditioned home, with 2 bathrooms, featuring a large kitchen, enclosed verandah and in ground swimming pool, set in an attractive garden.
There is also a renovated one-bedroom cottage with sleep out that has air-conditioning, a carport, new kitchen and bathroom plus a fenced yard.
‘Nooroo’ boasts 17 holding paddocks plus smaller holding paddocks and offers early access for 300 head of cattle.
Other improvements include a 27m x 13m* machinery shed with concrete floor and power, 9m x 20m* steel grain shed, workshop, silos, 900 tonne in-ground silage pits and galvanized iron shearing shed with 2 stands.
There is a new stud selling complex with undercover selling ring, drafting and loading facilities.
The property is very well serviced, with rural power, telephone, Internet and mobile phone coverage. Grain handling facilities are available at Warialda Rail, Gravesend and Moree.
Sale yards and air service are available at Moree, Goondiwindi and Inverell and all major business requirements are catered for at Inverell and Moree.
For families, the school bus operates from the road 5km away and in addition to local schools, a range of exceptional education facilities – both for school and University are located at nearby Armidale.
Rural property agent, Bruce Douglas says, “Nooroo, Bingara, NSW offers a perfect blend of subtropical pasture and fertile land ideal for cultivation. With its proven success as a Santa stud, this property has it all. On the doorstep of major centres and close to airports at Moree and Armidale, this property offers enormous versatility for farming in an ideal location.”
View: By appointment. ‘Nooroo’, Bingara, NSW will go to Auction at Level 26, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane at 10.30am on Friday 11 December 2015.
For further details contact: Bruce Douglas 0417 602 603 or Ron Berkley 0417 612 660 | Ray White Rural Queensland/Inverell.
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http://www.raywhiterural.com.au/nsw/bingara/1387744/
