4283 Kennedy Highway, Mareeba, Qld 4880

On the market for the first time and owned and operated by the same family for decades, this well-established commercial orchard farm is in a prime location on the Cairns side of Mareeba. Whether it be an investor, a farmer expanding an existing business or a newcomer to the farming industry, new owners will not only appreciate the fantastic rural lifestyle on offer here but will also benefit from the immaculately presented and well-established orchard farming enterprise with its associated and immediate income stream.

This farm is situated just before Emerald Creek on the Kennedy Highway, and its land size is 31.5 hectares. A 160ML water allocation accompanies the sale and a computerised irrigation system services the entire farm. There is a plastic lined 2ML holding dam on the property plus two bores. An additional domestic bore supplies water to all the buildings (including dwellings, and sheds). A modern packing shed with full citrus packing line, electronic carton labeller, cold rooms, pallet wrapper and more facilitates the post-harvest processes prior to the fruit being transported to market.

There are approximately 6,900 producing lime trees in the orchard across 8 blocks on the farm and range in age from 6 months to 17 years old. 

Water 
•	160ML water allocation
•	Computerised irrigation system which consists of:
•	Main control computer
•	Accessibility from phones, tablets & other electronic devices
•	Fertigation system for liquid fertilizers
•	2ML dam (plastic lined) plus two bores 
•	Additional domestic bore that supplies water to all buildings (homes & sheds etc.)

Accommodation on the farm is well catered for with three houses. All houses are accessible via a bitumen driveway.
•	4 bedroom, 2 bathroom plus office home with air-conditioning in all bedrooms & main living area | remote double garage | massive 70m2 undercover entertaining area with built-in wood-fired pizza oven
•	3 bedroom, 1 bathroom (2 toilets) home with air-conditioning in main bedroom and living area, single garage
•	3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home with air-conditioning in one room and double detached carport

Packing Shed
•	1610m2 built in 2007
•	30Kw solar power system for the shed (can be connected to the irrigation motors)
•	2 x 30Kw irrigation motors – one for water allocation and one for the dam
•	Kitchen, toilet and shower
•	3 x cold rooms
•	1.	8m x 7.5m x 5m
•	2.	7.5m x 6.5m x 4.6m
•	3.	6.5m x 3.6m x 3m
•	Additional storage room
•	Lockable chemical storage area 

Other Sheds
•	2020 built – 336m2 with 12m cement pad out front, bitumen link to commercial packing shed
•	Tractor storage shed 132m2
•	Bulk shed plus overhang 214m2 and 60m2 respectively
•	Lower section shed 127m2
•	Bulk barns 111m2
•	Second bulk barns 196m2

Comprehensive Inventory list includes:
•	Citrus Packing Line 
•	Electronic Carton Labeller (with computerised label printing system
•	SIAT Pallet Wrapper 
•	Crown Pallet Jack 
•	Forklift 
•	4 x John Deere Tractors + 1 x Massey Ferguson
•	5 x Cherry Pickers
•	Slasher
•	Mulcher
•	John Deere air cab tractor with 900 litre spray tank (electric controlled) + boom for herbicide spraying 
•	Mower
•	Greentech sprayer
•	John Deer Gator
•	Miscellaneous items to facilitate farm and tree maintenance (including picking & pruning equipment)
•	A fully itemized inventory list is available on request

A CCTV system has been installed incorporating 12 cameras, 2TB storage and it covers the packing shed, houses, farm entrances and driveway areas.

With all the above attributes combined with the substantial 170ML water allocation and dam, this property not only presents an exceptional lifestyle opportunity, but also a profitable commercial venture for new owners to invest in.

From all of us at Mareeba Property Office, we wish you every success in your property search. For more information or to arrange an inspection of this property, please call or email us today.

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We have in preparing this advertisement used our best endeavours to ensure the information contained is true and accurate but accept no responsibility and disclaim all liability in respect to any errors, omissions, inaccuracies or misstatements contained. Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries to verify the information contained in this advertisement.