285 Burncluith Road, Chinchilla, Qld 4413

Positioned: "Blair Athol" is only 13 km northeast of Chinchilla and 90 km from Dalby, in the well-renowned Burncluith cattle district, the property features bitumen road frontage.

Total Area: 729.1887 hectares (1,801.86 acres) - Lot 21 on LY21, Lot 1 on LY32, and Lot 2 on LY1006 - Freehold - Western Downs Regional Council

Country: A great mixture of Brigalow, Belah, and Coolabah creek flats running to Box, Wilga and Gum country, presently showing a good body of feed with pastures including Forrest Bluegrass, Buffel, and other natural grasses. The entire property has been cleared in the past, with some areas of old cultivation. It is mainly white on the vegetation map, with only a small area along the creek showing orange. The PMAV is locked in.

Services: Single-phase power, school bus to all Chinchilla schools at the front gate, bitumen road frontage, all-weather gravel access to the house, sheds, and yards, mail service, and mobile phone coverage.

Home: The original house was built in 1912 and has been held by the same family since 1953. This character-filled timber homestead, set within a fully fenced house yard, offers a rare opportunity to secure a piece of local history with roots dating back to the 1940s.
The rustic four-bedroom timber home is rich in character, showcasing original features including high natural timber ceilings and decorative fretwork above the doorways, all centred around a wide and welcoming hallway.
At the heart of the home, the spacious eat-in country kitchen features reverse-cycle air conditioning, an electric upright stove, and opens to an outdoor living area-perfect for relaxed entertaining. A handy office is located just off the kitchen.
The combined living and dining room continues the home's charm, featuring high ceilings and a wood fireplace, making it an inviting space year-round.
All four generously sized, carpeted bedrooms offer excellent natural light and space, each opening onto either the verandah or the enclosed sunroom.
The family bathroom includes a shower, vanity, and toilet. A second shower and toilet, along with the laundry, are located in the downstairs outbuilding.
An older, fully enclosed three-car garage sits beside the house yard.

Sheds and Improvements:
• 1 x old cottage currently used for storage (power disconnected)
• 1 x 3-bay (11 m x 9.4 m x 3.6 m) steel frame machinery shed with centre driveway, enclosed on three sides, in very good condition
• 1 x older 2-bay (12 m x 7.5 m) timber shed, enclosed on three sides, in good, solid condition
• 1 x old storage/shearing shed on stumps with timber floor and power connected (originally the old Burncluith School)
• 1 x older (6mx5mx4m) timber hay shed enclosed on three sides
• 1 x 5-tonne seed/grain silo on cement base
• All-weather road access to the house and sheds

Water: Very well-watered with two excellent lagoons and seven dams, plus approximately 9 km of creek frontage, including good near-permanent holes in both creeks (5.5 km of Branch Creek and 3.5 km of Charley's Creek). The main dam supplies water to a 5,000-gallon concrete tank at the shed and to a 5,000-gallon poly tank at the house with a pressure pump used to water gardens and supply water to the troughs in the main yards. One 3,000-gallon cup-and-saucer poly tank is connected by poly pipe to Charley's Creek (no pump). Rainwater for the house is supplied by numerous tanks totalling 12,000 gallons plus another 3000-gallons at the old cottage & sheds

Cattle Yards: Main yards on the "Blair Athol" block consist of a combination of timber and portable steel panels, with a loading ramp, two head bales, branding cradle, and two water troughs.
The second set of yards on the eastern block consists mainly of portable steel panels, a steel loading ramp, and a vet crush.

Fencing: Subdivided into 13 paddocks with a laneway running through the home block leading to the yards. All fencing has been recently maintained and is in good, older stock-proof condition. Most boundary fencing is in good condition. There is a give-and-take boundary fence along the creek with numerous crossings.

Remarks: "Blair Athol" presents a rare chance to secure a quality, sizable cattle holding on the doorstep of the thriving township of Chinchilla on the Western Downs. Tightly held by the Fraser/Wolski family for generations, with connections to the district dating back to the 1940s, this is not just a property - it's a piece of Burncluith history and opportunities like this are becoming increasingly scarce.

NB: Prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the accuracy of the above details.

Type

Cropping

Bedrooms

4

Bathrooms

1

Parkings

1

Area

729.2 ha