Grazing properties Aberdeen/Aberdeen South, Caramut, for sale

AN aggregation created by a former soldier and family is now offered for sale, either as a whole or in two lots.

Versatility abounds at Caramut

JUST on 60 years ago, former soldier Gordon Templeton and wife Joyce took up farming at Caramut, 52km from both Hamilton and Warrnambool.

Starting with 132ha, they lived in a garage for two years and set about building a life on the land.

Son Andrew left school at 16 and went to work, joined later by wife Roslyn.

The aggregation the family created is now offered for sale, either as a whole or in two lots.

Lot 1 comprises “Aberdeen”, “Aberdeen South” and “Garvey’s” (279ha), while Lot 2 is “Yamba” (110ha).

Andrew said Aberdeen and Aberdeen South were adjoining, while Garvey’s was across the road and Yamba 6km away.

“Over the years, we’ve re-fenced and put in plantations of cypress and native trees,” he said.

“Pastures are of rye-grass, clover and phalaris, plus crops of lucerne and oats, boosted by annual applications of super and potash.

“Years ago, we used to milk and raise Friesian heifer calves and pigs, but more recently we’ve gone into hay and producing prime lambs from up to 2300 crossbred ewes.”

CARAMUT

ABERDEEN/ABERDEEN SOUTH

PROPERTY: livestock breeding and fattening, cropping, fodder production

SIZE: 389ha

SALE: expressions of interest close November 6

PRICE: $2.2-$2.4 million

AGENT: Charles Stewart Western Victoria

CONTACT: Nick Adamson, 0418 571 589

The weatherboard home on Aberdeen South — where Andrew and Roslyn have raised their five boys — has been extended to incorporate three bedrooms, two living areas, “as new” kitchen, bathroom, office, wood and gas heating, air conditioning, a veranda, in-ground pool and Roslyn’s cottage garden.

Joyce’s home on Aberdeen is an aluminium-clad, three-bedroom weatherboard.

Farm infrastructure on Aberdeen includes a machinery shed, two-stand woolshed and grain shed, while Aberdeen South offers a recently built three-stand, raised-board woolshed with workshop, two hay sheds, large machinery shed, 60-tonne silo and sheep yards.

Stock and domestic water comes from town supply, enlarged dams, rainwater storage of 320,000 litres, bores and frontage to permanent creeks.

Joyce, 83, is planning a move into Warrnambool, while Andrew and Roslyn are considering their options in agriculture.