'Nutshell Farm'
'Nutshell Farm'
Key Details
Rural Property for Sale
Land: 16.02 ha
For Auction
Open Home: Tue 17th Mar
68 Peacock Creek Road, Bonalbo NSW
Sales Contact
Jeremy Millar
jeremy.millar@aplgroup.net.au
A turnkey certified organic and certified biodynamic farming opportunity with exceptional infrastructure and an established, profitable business.
Set in a fertile valley near the village of Bonalbo, Nutshell Farm is a highly productive and beautifully improved 40-acre rural holding. It is a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be the proud owner of a walk-in walk-out farming business ready for immediate operation and without the need of any further investment. This great package is competed by a beautiful, fully-renovated home.
The property features gently undulating land with quality basalt, loam and clay soils, providing an excellent foundation for pasture growth and long term agricultural sustainability. Pastures have been significantly enhanced through biodynamic supplementation, resulting in strong ground cover and proven carrying capacity.
Water security is a standout feature of the farm. It is well serviced by 3.5 dams, including one with an impressive 1.5ML capacity, complemented by a stock and domestic bore feeding into a 25,000 litre header tank, with gravity-fed water via an in-ground watering system to troughs across the property. In addition there is 135,000 litres of domestic rainwater storage, ensuring ample water for household and domestic needs.
The farm’s infrastructure has been meticulously developed and maintained. With the provision of top-quality ring-lock and barbwire total perimeter fencing, much of which has only recently been installed, Effective animal containment is completed by immaculate internal fencing, comprising a combination of ring-lock and electric fencing that subdivides the property into multiple interconnected paddocks, enabling efficient stock rotation and pasture management. Stock handling is well catered for with cattle yards and laneways designed for animal movement and direct loading from paddocks for smaller animals. Additional improvements include a chicken tractor, an A-frame chicken house and purpose-built housing for goats.
Shed infrastructure is extensive, including a massive 35m x 16m x 6m fully-engineered shed with a full concrete floor, that is ideal for machinery, equipment, grain or hay storage, with the opportunity to further increase storage space with the addition of a mezzanine floor. A second shed, with a partial concrete floor, provides further versatile parking, storage or working space.
The farm is currently operated as a profitable, totally free-range, certified organic and biodynamic, heritage-breed pork enterprise, turning over 91 head in the past financial year. Supply agreements have been established with certified butchers in NSW and beyond, plus the current owners also sell direct to the public. This provides a proven income stream that is secure, and not subject to the fluctuating vagaries of selling through livestock markets. There is proven growth potential in the organic food market as a whole, which is growing in Australia by nine percent a year.
There is clearly potential to double production under the existing setup. This makes Nutshell Farm a rare opportunity for anyone seeking an established livestock operation or a diversified farming system. With the ability to retain the farm’s certification, the current owners are offering to mentor and assist for twelve months as part of the sale. This transition process has been approved by the farm’s certifying body enabling the seamless transition of the certified status from the current to new owner.
And if you have the desire to diversify, with existing infrastructure and stock holding the property really lends itself to a permaculture or syntropic farming operation as the set-up of the farm is ready for the addition of sheep, goats or cattle, with the present owners currently running a 20-head herd. The farm already grows most of its certified organic hay, harvesting around 65 bales a year. A vegetable garden and orchard are also already established and flourishing. The opportunities really are endless.
Accommodation is equally impressive. It boasts a fully renovated and redecorated five-bedroom homestead that is a blend of modern comfort and rural charm. The master bedroom has an en-suite and walk-in wardrobe and enjoys dual aspect views. There is a sitting room with a wood-burning fire and a separate dining room, both with panoramic views over the valley to the hills beyond. The kitchen and family meals area also offer panoramic views, this time further up the valley to the east. Additional rooms include a guest bathroom, separate toilet and a laundry room. Of the other four additional bedrooms, one currently serving as a store and farm office. Everything is ready and waiting for the new owner to relax and live the true country dream.
Convenience is rare in rural locations but here daily shopping needs are just 3km away, plus the village boasts an hotel, a bowls club, swimming pool, golf course and tennis courts, an MPS hospital, a doctor, service station and fuel, plus a school for children from kindergarten through to high school. School buses also transport students to a variety of schools in Casino, including a well-respected private school, with pick-up near the farm gate.
The local area is picturesque and full of variety of with extensive wildlife, waterfalls, beautiful local swimming holes - one being less than a kilometre from the farm. The Richmond Range National Park is a five-minute drive, with the beautiful drives to Kyogle, Tenterfield, Casino or Lismore for larger centre shopping.
Few farms come onto the market - particularly of this size - that can claim to be highly productive and profitable, where all of the expensive hard work has been done, that is water and fencing secure, where there are genuine prospects for growth, and that offer a rural community family environment with a beautiful family-sized home.
68 Peacock Creek Road truly represents an exceptionally rare business, home and lifestyle, a highly productive, well watered and thoughtfully developed rural property with proven income streams and outstanding future potential.
This really is the opportunity of a lifetime; certainly well worth seeing today.
*Auction 11am, 25th of March at the Casino RSM
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