THE benefits of an irrigation scheme upgrade as well as winter crops included with the sale are just two bonus elements to the offering of "Tereweenah" and "Woodbine" - properties which, aside from these added incentives, are impressive holdings in their own right.
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Chris Quigley and his wife Ruth are selling the two Trangie properties, for retirement purposes, and it's a big move to make given Chris has lived on "Woodbine" for all of his life.
His father purchased the property in the 1940s.
Mr Quigley added to his overall Macquarie Valley holding with the purchase of "Tereweenah" about 35 years ago.
He said both properties - which are situated about one kilometre apart - had undergone a range of improvements, most notably with regard to irrigation infrastructure.
Initially, "Woodbine" was a grazing property and as such was cleared for dryland farming and irrigation; much of the irrigation development took place from 1972.
Mr Quigley said with the $115 million upgrade to the Trangie-Nevertire irrigation scheme, buyers would really be coming on to the property at the right time.
The properties have typically grown cotton, as well as dryland wheat and chickpeas while in the past canola has also been sown.
Depending on the season, chickpeas and wheat are grown on a 25/75 basis in rotation.
Again, the amount of cotton planted varies according to season; for example, last year about 95ha of cotton had been planted under the linear move irrigator, while the year before about 200ha had been planted under flood irrigation.
He said he considered proximity a highlight of the properties; close to town, cotton gins and other facilities.
"They also have a very good balance of country and red and black soil types," he said.
"You can go straight in and farm."
Rainfall was consistently good, and conditions at the moment had been very pleasing.
He said the property had received about 57 millimetres about two weeks ago, and another 6mm just this past weekend.
The properties are situated about 19 kilometres west of Trangie.
Soil types range from light red loams, through to chocolate loams and heavy grey clays.
The 1036ha (2560ac) "Terew- eenah" has a mix of dryland, grazing and irrigation country.
Country on "Tereweenah" is predominantly level - this year the property has been sown to 528ha of wheat and 144ha of chickpeas, with both of these crops included in the sale.
The property offers five irrigation fields ranging from 17ha to 104ha; one of the fields has been re-lasered this year, Mr Quigley said.
The property comes with a 693 megalitre water licence.
Infrastructure extends to a set of cattle yards, machinery shed, four 40-tonne silos, while the property's homestead has four bedrooms, features polished floorboards and also has an inground pool.
The slightly smaller "Woodbine", at 1033ha (2552ac) is also open and level, has a 693 megalitre water license, and includes about 60ha of timbered grazing land.
Flood irrigation spans across four fields, ranging in size from 17ha to 49ha, while dryland farming extends to 670ha, with 454ha of wheat and 120ha of chickpeas sown this year, also to be included with the sale.
One of the more recent and notable improvements on "Woodbine" was the addition of a linear move irrigator in 2013, and as such had only been used for one season.
The properties will be offered separately at auction on July 16, through Brian McAneney, Ray White Rural Dubbo.
Contact Brian McAneney, 0417 277 424.
Nick Heydon
The Land's property editor.
The Land's property editor.
