74 ACRE LIFESTYLE FARM WITH INCOME, GLOUCESTER, MID NORTH COAST

Property Type / Size

Perched on Avon’ is a 30 Hectare (74 Acre) rural property with a professional aquaculture operation growing silver perch.

It also has a 300 olive grove trees, and grazing areas for breeding cattle.

It has irrigation and a quality 3 bedroom family home.

There are sheds, a fish processing plant, a small guest’s cabin and a large reservoir dam

Price Range

$1.175 Million - Negotiable

Property Information

Income Streams

Aquaculture / Fish Farm

This is netted Aquaculture Ponds (0.2 hectares each) with a  carrying capacity 4,700 fish per pond, it also features:

• Smaller netted Aquaculture Pond  carrying capacity 10,000 fingerlings
• Effluent pond
• All built to Fisheries specifications
• 3 sets of recirculating systems
• All equipment necessary for the production and sale of fish
• 1 VW caddy refrigerated van
• Cool room and ice machine

Olive Grove

Olive Grove

• Approximately 300 Correglio oil producing tree variety
• 2 Husqvarna ride on mowers
• Quad bike with spray unit

Kittens from the Cattery

Cattery (avoncattery.com)

A very successful cattery breeding British Short hair cats with a constant waiting list for kittens, it includes:

• 3 pens with sheds and shelter boxes
• 2 kitten pens
• numerous cat carry baskets
• 6  registered breeding females
• 2  registered breeding males  
• 2  companion cats

Cattle

Cattle

• Carrying capacity 18 breeders plus calves and bull
• Electric fenced bull paddock
• Pasture improved paddocks ability to irrigate several paddocks

House

House

This is a quality brick residence with:

• 3 bedrooms in total
• Modern kitchen
• Open plan lounge / ding area
• Internal laundry
• Bathroom with spa bath, shower and vanity
• Separate toilet
• ‘L’ near verandah with separate toilet
• Air conditioning, wood heater and gas heater

It is very liveable and an ideal family home.

Kitchen	Bedroom	Bedroom

Bedroom	Dining	Living	Bathroom

There is a separate cabin ideal for guests, in-laws, etc. It includes bathroom and kitchen facilities.

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Sheds

• Large shed including processing and packing shed
• 2  sheds for recirculating systems
• 1 Feed shed
• 1 Machinery shed
• 1 Hay shed in paddock  Divided into 2 areas ½ could be utilised as stable area

Shed

Dam

The dam on the property holds 40-50 mega litres of good quality water and even servicing 5 fish ponds recirculating tanks etc it has never been under 50% full in the last 25 years

Dam	Processing Bench	Shed

Best features

• Life style farm - 3 hours drive north of Sydney
• Income potential from various sources
• Comfortable family home with guest / teenage / helper cabin
• Multipurpose packing shed and processing room with cool room and ice machine
• Refrigerated van included
• Established market for fish sales
• Constant waiting list for kittens
• Close to coast Forster / Newcastle
• High annual rainfall  950 mm per annum average
• Huge source of good water

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Additional Information

Property is ideal for the family looking for a lifestyle property with opportunity to expand any or all of the present businesses already established. Due to the availability of good quality water this is the ideal farm for an aquaponics / hydroponic enterprise

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