- Price: $3.75m
- Location: Mt Barker
- Area: 303ha
- Agent: Nutrien Harcourts WA
- Contact: Neville Tutt 0419 193 500
SKYVIEW Valley is in the Lower Coastal region, on the corner of Albany Highway and O'Neill Road, Mt Barker and in the Shire of Plantagenet.
The property is six kilometres south of Mt Barker and 44km north of Albany.
The Mt Barker Regional Saleyards are on the doorstep, along with numerous sporting activities, shops and all other services at Mt Barker and Albany.
Comprising 303 hectares of prime quality, elevated undulating country, there's an estimated cleared pasture area of 280ha of which 250ha is croppable.
The property is on two titles, both with access to the sealed O'Neill Road, with one also having Albany Highway frontage.
The owners over the past 15 years have put pasture management practices into place to provide outstanding pastures in all paddocks.
With attention to detail and pasture renovation, the property has produced abundant stock feed.
A small set of sheep yards, plus an area to work cattle, are in a good location and made from steel, K-rail and pine.
Fertiliser rates over the years have included SCMZ, lime applications and MOP, with other applications of potash, sulphur and nitrogen to suit the owner's requirements.
Skyview Valley has a good mix of soil types ranging from red loams, gravel loams, sands over clay and some sands.
Original vegetation consisted of a mix of jarrah, marri, paperbark and areas of tea-tree.
The property's average annual rainfall is 700-750 millimetres, with abundant rainfall received in 2021 of well above the normal district average.
Over the past years, the owners have dedicated a great deal of time in replacing all the internal fencing, with only a few areas on the boundaries to complete.
A strategic plan was put into place to make stock handling easy with a good laneway system to most paddocks, good steel gates plus a few other well-placed items to complement the strategy.
The property is running ewes and lambs with a 130 per cent lambing rate in 2021.
Ewe numbers at present are 1230 plus lambs.
Feed is abundant in all paddocks, due to the astute management and current season.
Skyview Valley would be one of the best properties in the district for water management, with many water catchment drains that feed five key dams of an estimated holding capacity of 350 megalitres.
There are numerous other dams, soaks and scheme water points.
This property has a great water supply and could be suitable for irrigation and many other rural practices.
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