45 Fraser Lane, Glen Aplin, QLD 4381

Transform your life here? Views, Privacy, Tranquillity & Serenity? Original brick farm house perched peacefully on the elevated knoll of the rolling hill country with views out of every window, coupled with "farm ready" infrastructure connecting 9 fenced irrigated cultivations suitable for small cropping or livestock. Feel secure with permanent water from the big 40 Mega Litre Spring Fed Dam, surrounded by natural native bushland with natural rock features, creek and waterfall?a complete ecosystem supporting a wide range of native wildlife in your own back yard?Experience all 4 seasons including thick winter snow from time to time? This home, farm and natural environment really is the whole package?

Original Brick Farm house with Hardwood Timber Flooring (Lot 41) - Every Room has a View

Looking north-west across the Severnlea Valley to the ridges of Bapaume and Passchendaele, the uninterrupted views continue forever. The lights of Stanthorpe offer evening ambiance but pale in comparison to the thunder heads and storm clouds visible as far away as Toowoomba, the Gold Coast and the Northern Rivers.

- 3 very large bedrooms with built in wardrobes and ceiling fans

- Renovated main bathroom and separate toilet

- Expansive eat in kitchen with large pantry plus heaps of cupboards and bench space

- Stainless gas cook top and range hood plus stainless Bosch dishwasher

- Stainless wall oven with large pot drawers under for easy access

- Air conditioned combined kitchen and dining room

- Big cosy lounge room with slow combustion fire place and access to back verandah

- Awesome long back verandah in perfect position to be lovely in summer and winter with views to Mt Marley in Stanthorpe capture beautiful sunsets and watch summer storms roll in, while being protected from cold southerlies

- Full ventilation system throughout the house moves the cool air in summer and warm air in winter around the whole house.

- Extra-large laundry / utility room suitable for sewing / study / computer room

- NBN Internet + Wi-Fi?

- Puretec filtration and UV light on the domestic water system

- 3 Phase power to house and shed

Surrounding the house

- Fully fenced back house yard suitable for pets, kids and grand kids

- 4 car garage with extra storage and workshop space.

- Original "Out House" converted to cubby or wood shed

- Separate garden shed

- Lovely gardens & landscaping including vegie garden all irrigated by gravity feed overhead tank

- Enjoy the beauty & colours of autumn with wide variety of feature trees including Japanese Maple, Red Maple, Trident Maple, Sawtooth Oak, Manchurian Pear, Black Alder, numerous Jacarandas, numerous Silky Oaks, original 50 year old Wisteria

- Main feature is the 30m high Yellow Box Tree towering above the valleys below, home to a wild bee hive and, each year, a pair of nesting galahs

- Fruit trees including Mulberry & Fig

- Extensive house and garden irrigation fed by 2" (50mm) mainlines & 11 water connection points

- Granite rock lined garden beds?

- Established rose beds skirting the house

- Fire Pit - Elevated with lovely views and sunsets to appreciate + Camp oven cooking

- Secure chook Pen with large day run, water available at the pen? Fresh Eggs Daily

Improvements & Infrastructure make this property "Lifestyle Farm Ready"

- Permanent Water? Large 40 Mega Litre spring fed dam with 18.5kw Southern Cross Irrigation Pump, VFD equipped, with automatic self-cleaning screen filter feeding the underground mains? PLUS 1kw Lowara multistage pump in pump shed that feeds the overhead tank near the house for toilet, garden & chook water

- Smaller spring fed dam that has never run dry in the drought (25,000 Litres per week minimum drought conditions) with 4in Aussie transfer pump with Honda petrol motor

- Stock & domestic dam in western block?

- 3 Separate Titles with power access to all 3 blocks

- 3 phase power to shed and irrigation pump shed

- 9 cultivation areas, all irrigated with 3, 4 and 6 inch PVC mainlines with hydrants/outlets at each separate cultivation area, historically used for sub surface irrigation

- All 9 cultivations have underground drainage (65/100mm slotted pipe topped with 20mm gravel)

- 145acres exclusion fenced area around all cultivations?approx. 3.5km of fencing completed with only minor work to fully finish and enclose?

- Main internal access roads constructed to a commercial standard, roads and tracks allow access to all areas of the property, PLUS, easy access to the feature locations

- Own supply of decomposed granite for roads and tracks on your land

- Over $500,000 in infrastructure improvements not including the 40ML Dam

Potential Farm & Land Uses Include

- Self-sufficient organic living and easy to set up "Off Grid" living..

- Perfect for setting up cabins and Air B & B or farm stay

- Well drained mountain volcanic soil? Mineral rich soil with a long history of sustainable stewardship (soil testing and amelioration records available)

- Small Cropping - Tomatoes, Capsicums, Chilli's, Cucumbers, Zucchini, Eggplant, Pumpkin, Leeks, Garlic, Truffles, and much more

- Grapes, Vineyard & Winery with Cellar Door

- Animal Husbandry - Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Free Range Chickens & Egg Production

Some of the awe inspiring, captivating & secret natural features

- Natural waterfall with gorge like features, callistemon groves lining the rocky creek with beautiful rock formations and outcrops

- Mother's Day Rock (Wait Till You See It)

- Listen to the birds and experience the silence of the breeze whispering through the leaves

- Breath in the oxygen rich atmosphere and enjoy the clean crisp mountain air

- Be at one with the natural beauty of native Australian bush?

- Wildlife includes Fallow deer, wallabies & kangaroos, koalas, possums, sugar gliders, spotted quolls just to name a few?

- Birds include pardalotes, honey eaters, blue wrens, finches, red robins, kookaburras, magpies, butcher birds, wedge tail eagles, tawny frog mouth owls, crimson rosellas, rainbow lorikeets, eastern rosellas, galahs, eastern koel, pheasant coucal, channel-billed cuckoo, yellow-tailed black-cockatoo plus many more

- Pelicans have been observed stopping over for a night or two on the dam

- Discover the wide range of wild flowers in the different seasons

- Wide Variation of trees & shrubs?

- Features include some magnificent tree species including Red Gum, Mountain Orange Gum, Yellow Box & Kurrajong to name a few

- Australian Grass Tree are prevalent throughout the property with some specimens over 1.2m high. Many located around the house area

- Moreton Bay fig trees are located in the very specific microclimates, as are Elk Horn Ferns, Maidens Hair ferns, Callistemons,

Recreation Activities to be enjoyed

- Bird Watching

- Bush Walking

- Mountain biking

- Horse riding

- Orienteering

- Trail Bike Riding

- 4WD adventure park

- 700m Target Shooting Range

Area Features, Accessibility and Convenience

- Travel time to Stanthorpe - 12 minutes

- Woolies, Aldi, IGA, wineries, restaurants, farm supplies, hardware, etc

- Excellent doctors and hospital facilities in Stanthorpe

- All local needs in Stanthorpe?

- Warwick 45min - Main regional town for all regional needs + private school

- 2 hours to Toowoomba with some of the best doctors and specialists you will find

- Toowoomba - main business and farming centre with all facilities and services

- 3.5 minute