10 acres for lease for market garden, Wamuran, QLD
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Overview
Opportunity type: Small scale farming opportunity ideal for beekeeping, chickens and/ or market garden.
Land size: 10 acres with a creek through the centure, Rural. Wamuran, Queensland.
Short-term vision: To provide an opportunity for young farmer/s to care for the 10 acres and have the opportunity to build a business. Market garden, flower market, bees or chickens. I would love to see the land used as an area for food production and ongoing sustainability.
Long term vision: Regenerative land management
Accomodation: No
Current status of the land: Minimal grazing, horses
Details
State of the cultivatable area: Good. Nutrient rich soil. Has not been cropped previously so good top soil.
Road access: Good
Electricity access:
Mobile phone signal: Average
Infrastructure: Fenced. No infrastructure on the land. Temporary sheds would be able to be constructed if the farmers wanted.
Farm Machinery & tools: No.
Water source: Rain, River, Possibility to pump dam water down from the top 10 acres. No water lease at present for the creek (but dam available to pump from)
Visitor access: Yes
Other residents on the property: 2 people living on the upper side of the property (20 acre block in total). Front 10 acre paddock for lease. No dwellings or building on the land for lease.
History of the property: Historical use has been a horse property.
Preferred production systems: Diversified vegetables, flowers, bees, chickens
Preferred farming practice: Not defined.
Soil details: Close to the glass house mountains- volcanic, fertile soil
Environmental hazards: A creek runs through the land that swells in times of heavy rain. The bottom on the area may flood (not every year). Area at the opposite end of the land never floods (slight slope of the land). No high winds.
Preferred arrangement: Lease for cash. 2 years initially with preference for extension
Mentorship: No.
Expressions of interest
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