Plumthorpe (c1888) incl. adjoining Mayvale and Campo Santo
Barraba | Northern NSW
Features
- Highly productive and versatile Manilla River valley country
- Well situated - 10-15km Barraba, 100km city of Tamworth, 95km Gunnedah, 500km Sydney and Brisbane
- Ideal cattle, sheep and cropping - excellent breeding, backgrounding and fattening country
- Above average rainfall 730mm to 820+mm. Mainly heavy rich basalt soils
- 3,500ha (8,650ac) arable - 2,375 ha (5,900 ac) sown to pasture and fodder crops
- 6,300ha (15,600ac) regularly topdressed & seeded open native and improved grassland country, balance undulating timbered grazing country
- Outstanding water – double River and Creek frontage, 14 bores and 150 surface dams
- 115 MgL irrigation licence
- Features outstanding 10 BR Plumthorpe homestead (c 1936), 4 staff cottages
- Operating improvements – incl. 5 large sets cattle yards, 2 woolsheds, 350 tonne grain storage
Meares Simultaneous Online Auction as a Whole and in 3 lots – Plumthorpe, Campo Santo, Mayvale
One of the historic rural holdings of Eastern Australia. 28,000 acres – Run 80,000-85,000 DSE or 4,200 cows