Harvesting on Lowanna at Bellata, which is for sale with the adjoining Kaysix. Photo: Nutrien Harcourts

RECENT listings in Western Australia include the Kamdarley and King View aggregation at King Rocks, while in New South Wales, Kaysix and Lowanna at Bellata and Kallara at Hermidale are on the market.

King View and Kamdarley,WA

Retiring Andrew and Janet Knox are asking more than $18 million for two mixed farms in WA’s Wheatbelt region.

The 7737ha Kamdarley-King View Aggregation is located near King Rocks, 35km north-east of Hyden.

The couple aggregated the two well-appointed, non-contiguous properties over the past 10 years and are selling to consolidate back to their home base near Esperance.

Currently run as a single enterprise, the 5451ha King View and the 2286ha Kamdarley are 15km apart and available for sale as a whole or individually.

AWN agent Rowan Spittle said it is an opportunity to transform properties focused on merino breeding into the modern era of high-performance cropping, which commenced in earnest in five years ago.

“Farming and grazing have been a beneficial and profitable enterprise mix, but it has compromised crops yields,” Mr Spittle said.

“During the 2025 growing season, King View and Kamdarley will transition to continuous cropping.

“This will include selling down sheep as the opportunity arises and double-knock spray-topping in the spring of 2024.”

King View and the nearby Kamdarley are for sale in WA’s King Rocks district. Photo: AWN

Mr Spittle said the listing price offers potential purchasers better value for money compared to surrounding farms near Lake King and Varley.

Listed for $13M, King View is capable of dryland cropping 4374ha of wheat, barley, canola, and lupins.

Mr Spittle said King View’s soils are better than average for the district.

“The north-eastern section of the property has grevillea sands suited to growing wheat, canola and lupins and clover, while the southern parts have heavier salmon gum and mallee loams better suited to wheat and barley.”

The property is watered by a bore and 13 dams.

Infrastructure includes two homes, a shearing shed and sheep yards.

The 2286ha Kamdarley, 25km north-east of Hyden, is offered for sale for $5.1M.

Used for both grain and sheep production, the property is capable of cropping cereal, legumes and canola across 1723 arable hectares.

Sitting high in the landscape, the country features loamy gravels with some heavier mallee soils suited to wheat, barley, lupins and canola.

Water is supplied by five dams.

Infrastructure includes two homes, a machinery shed, and a shearing shed.

Kaysix and Lowanna

Adjoining farms in the productive Bellata cropping belt in New South Wales’ north-west have been listed for sale for a combined $19 million.

Bellata property Kaysix is for sale, along with the adjoining Lowanna. Photo: Nutrien Harcourts

Kaysix and Lowanna are being sold by the Kirkby family to wind up a successful long-term family partnership.

The farms are being offered as an aggregation or on an individual basis by Nutrien Harcourts agent James Thomas.

The 977ha Kaysix is located 31km east of Bellata and has been listed for $12M,  including the summer crop.

Around 784ha of the undulating heavy black basalt soils is developed to dryland sorghum and cotton, with the 192ha balance comprising grazing and support country.

It is watered by two bores.

Infrastructure includes a five-bedroom home, a shed, and nine silos with a combined 1260t of grain storage.

The 765ha Lowanna is 31km east of Bellata and has been listed for $7M.

Around 478ha of the undulating heavy black basalt and reddish and brown loams is developed to dryland cultivation.

The 287ha balance is used for grazing and support.

Water is supplied by a bore and a dam.

Infrastructure includes two three-bedroom homes, numerous sheds, steel cattle yards and 90-tonnes of grain storage.

Kaysix and Lowanna are situated in a 602mm average annual rainfall district, and 488mm of rain has fallen to date.

Kallara NSW

Ben and Kerrie O’Neill’s mixed farm in the central west of NSW has been listed for $3.14M.

The 4512ha Kallara is located near Hermidale, 75km west of Nyngan and 75km east of Cobar.

It has 1200ha of cultivation country, with 240ha fallowed from the 2024 wheat crop.

The balance is grazing country boasting a mountain of green feed.

Kallara is estimated to carry 4000DSE and is currently running 200 breeding cows and followers on agistment.

Kallara. Photo: Nutrien Russell Property & Livestock

The undulating red loam to lighter gravel rises are timbered with pine box flats and areas of scattered mallee and kurrajong that grow a variety of natural herbages and grasses, edible scrub rosewood, curran bush and wild orange.

Situated in a 450mm average rainfall region, Kallara is watered by eight dams.

Infrastructure includes a three-bedroom home, a four-bedroom staff quarters, numerous sheds and a 25t silo.

Nutrien Russell Property & Livestock agent David Russell is handling the sale.

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