Location: 54 kilometers South East of Blackall on the Romulus Rd
Services:
Rural power
Satellite Broadband Internet and television with multiple channels
Mail twice a week
State Education facilities to Yr 12, Catholic School to Yr 7, School of Distance Education from Longreach
Daily buses from Blackall, plus Qantas flights 3 times a week
Sporting and cultural facilities
Banking and retail outlets
Regular Fat and Store cattle sales in Blackall
Rainfall:
Reliable 19 rainfall (475mm)
Area and Tenure:
18,772.56 HA (46,387 acres)
Lot 2/ TB68: GHPL 3/6050 : PAR Gilliespie
Shire Council Rates before discount: $5,456.50
Country:
An excellent parcel of country, well renowned as great breeding and fattening country, offering a mix of balanced flat to gently undulating improved gidyea country, grey and black soils, running into red soil ridges and open downs leaving selectively developed shade lines and cattle camps. The timbers include brigalow, bottletree, bauhinia, with a small portion of brigalow melon hole country. Grasses include Buffel, Mitchell, Flinders and herbages in season. Romulus also has approximately 12,000 acres of tableland country consisting of, bottletree, brigalow,
... Read more box and ironbark, broken up into some gorge country and a small percentage of open country throughout. Grasses in the tableland country include buffel in the timber country, with patches of secca continuing to spread, with the balance being made up of mulga grasses. Approximate area pulled and raked in the past 12 months is 2,600 acres.
Water:
Securely watered by 2 artesian bores, controlled and recently piped
18 troughs, cup and saucers. 15 dams.
50mm blue line pipe all replaced over the past 12 to 18 months
Romulus No.1 Bore 15.1 litres per second or 287,000 Gal/day
Romulus No.2 Bore 19 litres per second or 368,500 Gal /day
No.1 and No.2 Bores reticulate and feed back into each other supplying the main homestead and complex
Fences:
Romulus is subdivided into 18 main paddocks, 2 holders and 3 kilometers of laneway, with cattle yards also having five holding paddocks surrounding it with access to water.
The fencing is in good order, consisting of 2 barb and 4 plain constructions, small percentage of hinge joint with the balance being dog netting and a dog barrier fence along boundary, maintained by the government.
14 kilometers renewed in the past 6 months.
Improvements:
The homestead is a 2 storey, 4 bedroom home, plus office
Adjoining the homestead complex is a 4 bay shed (workshop) 12x 9metres, plus skillion (12 x 3 meters)
Concrete meat house
Worker's Cottage- 4 bedroom plus office
Steel and Wooden cattle yards includes two water troughs and comfortably works 300 to 400 head
5 stand shearing shed and yards with large wool room or storage shed with attached skillion
Carry Capacity: Estimates 2400 head.
Agents Comments: A highly regarded property in the Blackall district, Romulus is an outstanding producer of top quality cattle, which is often referred to as one of the most predictable rainfall areas in Central West Queensland.
A golden opportunity, Romulus has not been available for sale in 35 years and rarely does a property of this caliber become available.
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Disclaimer: The particulars of this document are supplied for information only and shall not be taken as a representation in any respect on the part of the Vendor or the selling agent. Prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise to the accuracy of these particulars.
