ONE of the Condamine district's most productive properties is on the market. Banyula, which represents the life's work of the vendors Peter and Mary Wright, is a remarkable achievement of maximised production at minimum cost, measured by impressive weight gain statistics, plus ease of management and desirable living.
The vendors are now seeking expressions of interest closing on April 16 for the 2038ha (5036 acre) of highly productive land.
In addition the vendors are offering the 1380-megalitre water allocation in the Condamine and Balonne Tributaries Management Area as an opportunity to gear up to an intensive operation.
Located 65km west of Condamine on Dogwood Creek, 130km east of Roma, 97km south west of Miles and 190km west of Dalby, Banyula is described as a 1000 LSU beef cattle backgrounding operation with irrigation and feedlot options.
The tenure will be converted to freehold prior to sale.
Banyula carries a heavy body of improved pasture comprising buffel grass undersown with a variety of legume medics, providing year-round, high-quality grazing performance.
Maximum weight gains and animal health are achieved through a functional 44-cell grazing program complimented by pressurised, medicated artesian water.
High productivity with ease of management adequately describes this cattle backgrounding operation.
About 50pc of Banyula was originally timbered with brigalow, previously cleared and cultivated, since returned to pasture. The balance of the property comprises about 8km of fenced, double frontage to Dogwood Creek with alluvial river frontage rising to soft loams and scrub soils.
The property has been sensibly cleared leaving shade trees comprising brigalow, bauhinia, box, belah, whitewood, some cypress pine and wilga with coolibah on the river frontage.
The average annual rainfall is about 600mm (24 inches). Banyula has a one third share in neighbouring artesian bore delivering to a 45,500 litre tank with pressure system, 63mm poly mains grid to homestead complex and cattle yards then via an automatic water medicator to the 14 cell grazing watering points plus river frontage paddocks. There is a permanent back up water supply available from Dogwood Creek via a pipeline connected into the system.
Feedlot water requirements are provided from a magnificent dam which is licensed as an intensive livestock supply. The dam capacity is about 1200ML with a reliable catchment of local run-off via surveyed drains and periodic flood out from the Dogwood Creek/Condamine River system.
Permanent quality water and supply infrastructure on Banyula is described as an outstanding feature of this property.
Marketing agent David Tannock said under the present utilisation of the property, the owners had no need to develop the irrigation potential. Boundary fencing comprises hingejoint plus barb, six wire plus barb, ringlock plus barb or four barbs on wood posts. All are in good stockproof condition.
The river frontage is also fenced off to manage access with a permanent four-barb cattle fence. Internally, the cell grazing enterprise is divided by a single, mains powered electric wire all interconnected back to the cattle yards via electrified three wire laneways.
Traditional four-barb cattle fencing is also used internally, mainly to isolate river frontage paddocks outside of the cell grazing block.
The fencing is effective with stock easily moved by one person.
Structures include an enclosed machinery shed and aircraft hangar with a section partitioned into living quarters beneath mezzanine floor.
Located independently is a 12m ventilated shipping container for safe storage.