INTEREST is growing in the large scale 143,000-hectare (353,356 acre) Gulf property Neumayer Valley which will be auctioned by Elders in Brisbane on May 25.
The rolling term lease is being offered by the Australian Pastoral Group which is divesting itself of its three rural assets. APG has already sold Kinbeachie at Goondiwindi to the Cargill owned entity One Tree. APG is also in the process of selling the noted southern NSW property Deltroit Station at Gundagai through an expressions of interest process which closes on May 19.
Neumayer is being offered with 15,560 branded cattle plus followers, mostly high grade Brahman types and an extensive list of station plant including a grader, front end loader and a Cessna 206 aircraft.
The property features an abundant natural waters including a single frontage to the Leichhardt River on the western boundary and double frontage to the Alexandra River which includes a permanent 19km long waterhole at the homestead.
Neumayer largely comprises of level blacksoil plains and river frontage country, mostly open with areas of woodland, including coolibah, gutta percha and bauhinia. It is generally well covered by Mitchell and spear grass plus annuals, button grass and Flinders grass. The property is interspersed with gidyea scrubs and red soil slopes running to gravelly spinifex ridges with scattered rocky outcrops and timbered by silver leaf box, snappy gum, bloodwood and wattle.
Contact Dick Allpass or Lorin Bishop, 0419 799 081, Elders.