First Australian Farmland is offering 3052ha of Great Southern country for $26.2M. Photo: Elders

A PORTFOLIO of three properties in Western Australia’s prized Great Southern region has come to market, as has the 1429ha Gadara Farm on WA’s Coral Coast.

Great Southern portfolio

A portfolio of cropping farms in WA’s high-rainfall Great Southern region has been listed for sale for $26.2 million.

Aggregated by European-owned and Melbourne-managed First Australian Farmland, the 3052ha broadacre farming opportunity is located near South Stirling and Green Range, 65km north-east of Albany.

Comprising the 1017ha (831ha arable) Gidget, 1035ha (869ha arable) Range Montana and the 999ha (704ha arable) Wimbush, the three properties are being offloaded to allow the vendors to focus on other investments.

In recent years, the holding has been operated under a sustainable canola and cereal-cropping rotation, with most of the arable area cropped in 2024 to canola, barley and wheat.

Elders agents Simon Thomas and Simon Cheetham said as a result of their close proximity to the South Coast and 620mm of average annual rainfall, the farms benefit from a mild climate, with a very low frost risk and minimal days of heat stress.

“It is an ideal acquisition for farmers or investors looking to increase their footprint in a reliable, tightly held, generational farming location.”

Water is supplied by bores, dams and rainwater tanks and a hub of modern infrastructure includes numerous sheds and 562 tonnes of grain storage.

There is a 70ha unencumbered blue gum plantation on Range Montana.

The nearby 2543ha Tagliaferri and Goodhope are available for separate sale via expressions of interest.

Gadara Farm

A picturesque, fully operational mixed farm on WA’s sought-after Coral Coast has been listed for $7M on a walk-in walk-out basis.

The 1429ha Gadara Farm is located near Bookara, 14km north of Dongara and 45km from Geraldton, where Nutrien Harcourts agent Brad King said properties of this type and size rarely come to market.

“The property can grow wheat and oats and would also suit a stud stock enterprise, but is currently running sheep, up to 10,000DSE in a good season, and producing hay,” Mr King said.

Gadara Farm is located 14km north of Dongara on WA’s Coral Coast and has been growing winter crops and running livestock. Photo: Nutrien Harcourts

Mr King said the turnkey, easy-to-manage property will give an incoming purchaser an opportunity to fish and catch crayfish in their spare time.

One of the district’s largest landholdings, Gadara Farm enjoys ocean views and offers future subdivision potential with the Melaleuca Heights Estate, comprising 17ha lots, on the southern boundary.

The vendors are lifelong farmers Gary and Jose Norrish, originally from WA’s Wheatbelt, who moved to Dongara more than 20 years ago and are now ready to retire.

Situated in a favourable 450mm annual rainfall region, Gadara Farm is watered by four bores, 16 tanks and 31 troughs.

Infrastructure includes a three-bedroom home, numerous sheds, a five-stand shearing shed, two sheep yards, cattle yards, 120 tonnes of fertiliser storage and four silos.

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