Bookmark PageRed Hill
| Property Name |
Red Hill |
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| District/State |
QLD |
| Location |
Red Hill Station' is located SW of Townsville and access is via the Flinders Hwy or the Hervey's Range Road. The Flinders Hwy access is via Mingela and along the Dotswood Rd for 80km (Total 170km), whilst the Hervey's Range Road access, west of Townsville, also accesses the Dotswood Rd (Total 130km). The ‘Dotswood' Road is a gazetted road and maintained by the Charters Towers Regional Council. Townsville is one of Australia's largest and fastest growing regional cities with a population of 200,000 and a comprehensive array of large & diverse industry. Additionally, Townsville's North Queensland seaside location is a major positive for employment and lifestyle needs. For cattleman, the weekly liveweight selling centre in Charters Towers, Live Export and Townsville Meatworks are all major attractions for this location. |
| Area & Tenure |
Freehold Title Lot 4 SP115190 Parish of Dotswood |
| Local Authority & Rates |
Charters Towers Regional Council - $3348.15 (1.7.11 to 30.6.12) |
| Country | Red Hill offers a balance of alluvial creek and river frontages coupled with areas of red soil, grey clays and rocky/gravel Lancewood ridge country. Predominant timber includes Moreton Bay & Burdekin Plum on the Burdekin frontage and elsewhere Narrow & Silverleaf Ironbark, Box, Bauhinia, Wattle and Lancewood whilst pasture species include stands of Buffel, Forest Mitchell, Black Spear, Indian Couch, Urachloa, Seca and Verano Stylo's. |
| Carrying Capacity & Productivity | The vendors' current management programme is low-key and low-cost with a conservative stocking rate of approximately 350-500 breeders, maintenance of healthy pasture coverage, spelling and supplementary feeding late in the ‘dry' season. Vendor estimates carrying capacity at 1000 mixed cattle. In 2006 the property was aerial seeded with a mix of Stylos and it is now quite evident that this initiative will pay handsome productivity dividends well into the future. With more intensive management there is little doubt that productivity and carrying capacity can be further improved. The herd is continuous mated with an estimated calving rate of 75% and Bulls joined at 3%. Weaners are usually grown out at Red Hill until approx 250-300kg liveweight when, usually after the wet season, a draft is trucked to the coastal fattening property at Giru. |
| Rainfall |
Long term annual average 580mm (approx 23inches).
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| Infrastructure, Cattle Yards, Fencing & Water |
A feature of the property is water. With approx 2.5km frontage to the Burdekin River, plus dams and bores, each of the seven paddocks has multiple waters. Two of the large dams have recently been re-built after damage from the 2011 Cyclone Yasi rains. The use of three solar units to power Roller-Floater pumps on Poddy-Flat Dam and Busted Dam plus a submersible pump at the Yard Bore (1200gals/hr) have |
| Cattle Yards | There is one high quality set of steel & timber cattle yards, 1000hd capacity, with loading ramp, crush, branding cradle and chemical storage facilities located near the centre of the property. Red Hill has been subdivided into 7 paddocks and a comprehensive laneway network links trapped watering squares and all paddocks to the yards. Fencing is generally of 3-barb construction and in very good condition with steel gateways and steel strainers. The property can be easily mustered by two people using either bikes or horses. |
House |
The house is a basic, 3-bedroom donga type dwelling with a large covered outdoor area. The accommodation is well maintained and homely. The homestead complex includes a shed/quarters, 5-bay machinery shed, and lockable sea container for general storage. The house and shed are connected to rural power and water is supplied via the house bore (400gals/hr) and house dam. |
Plant & Equipment |
The plant & equipment is well used and is supplied in as-is condition. • Hino, 1982 FF Model, 6.3t body truck with crate • Nissan Patrol ute 1988 model • Nissan Patrol ute 1985 model • Dodge Tip truck • International tractor with Proline posthole digger • Fiat 615 tractor • T35 Mazda truck • Suzuki 350 motorbike • Honda Fourtrax 4-wheel motorbike • Molasses mixer • 2 x Molasses storage tanks, 20000lt • Kubota Genset & Lincoln Welder • Megajet Welder & Compressor, trailer mounted • Oxy welding gear • Compressor • Mono Pump with Kubota diesel motor, trailer mounted |
Cattle |
The property is being offered for sale including 350 Brahman and Droughtmaster cross breeders, all branded & unbranded progeny at foot plus 10 Brahman and Droughtmaster Bulls |
| Notes |
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| Contact |
Tim McHugh Mobile: 0413 870 666 Email: tim@hoganandmchugh.com.au Henry Slaney Mobile: 0429 872 985 |
