Bengalla Station	Goondiwindi South East Queensland
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BORDER RIVER COUNTRY
DUMARESQ RIVER

Bengalla Station was taken up in 1840.

In those days it was one of five outstanding grazing holdings of south eastern Queensland / northern New South Wales. The property was purchased, in its reduced size, in 2003 by the current owners, who realised its significant potential. With its water assets, quality country, and situation – they have developed it into a now dynamic and diversified livestock and cropping enterprise, using its significant irrigation potential.

Whilst the Station is now a profitable enterprise, showing strong returns, there is no doubt that with a further capital injection its performance can be lifted significantly.

Key Features. Its...

• size and stage of development
• location in the highly productive Goondiwindi – Dumaresq River region
• profitability, and potential to further increase returns
• 1,350ha of cropping and irrgation country
• 3,840 Mgl bore, river harvest and storage irrigation licenses
• standard of improvements
• subdivision potential
• professional management

Size

2,630.5 hectares (6,500 acres)

Location

In the highly productive and diversified Goondiwindi - Dumaresq River district, 40kms east of Goondiwindi, 160kms north of Moree and 200kms south west
of the city of Toowoomba, and Dalby.

Services

Goondiwindi provides a complete range of rural, commercial, educational and medical services.

Country

Well drained, originally Box, Brigalow and Belah country, with excellent soils ranging from heavy black to lighter red and grey loams – all ideal for farming.

A mixture of classic native herbage and grasses and introduced species including: Rhodes grass, Bambatsi, Lucerne, Buffel and Lab Lab. Cropping options include: winter – wheat, oats, barley, and summer – millet, sorghum and Mung beans.

Climate and Rainfall

Cool to mild winters and warm to hot summers, with approx. 625mm rainfall per annum.

Water and Irrigation

Water is a feature – frontage to Dumaresq River, and ample but varied irrigation licenses, as follows:-

Irrigation Layout

• Centre Pivot 120ha
• Lateral 120ha

Improvements

The Homestead

Attractive fully renovated 3 - 4 bedroom weatherboard home in very good condition, overlooking river, in irrigated gardens.

Staff / Guest Cottage

Separate 2 – 3 bedroom weatherboard cottage

Barracks

Renovated 5 bedroom accommodation, with facilities

Operating Improvements

• Large machinery shed /workshop
• ‘Near new’ cattle complex – ‘all steel’ with undercover working area
• Grain storage - ‘near new’
  - 1,200 tonne – 13 elevated silos
  - 5,000 tonne grain bunker

Productivity and Enterprises

Approx. 1,050ha sown to Winter crops, with 300ha prepared for Summer crops. Owners estimate they can also grow out / fatten 1,000 yearling cattle per annum.

Potential

The owners believe the capacity and operating yield can be increased significantly from the current satisfactory levels (given normal seasons) by increasing the irrigation area 240ha to 750ha.

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