About Charters Towers:

Situated about 18km from Charters Towers the property accesses all the services of a regional town with a population of approximately 10,000 people. Charters Towers experiences a tropical semi-arid climate, with a short-wet season and a long dry season. For most of the year it has cooler nights and lower humidity. The average rainfall is 650 millimetres of rain per year.

Schooling, both primary and secondary, are a feature of the Charters Towers community with the town having three Private Schools, a State High School and three State Primary Schools. Charters Towers is an historic city established in the gold rush of the 1880’s and today still services a large Gold Mining industry as well as the large Grazing Industry. For cattleman, the weekly liveweight selling centre in Charters Towers, Live Export and the Townsville meatworks are all considerations of this location. Just down the road (120km) is the vibrant city of Townsville which has a population of approximately 200,000 people. Townsville has a diverse manufacturing industry, a major hospital, a university and other additional opportunities for employment, business, and higher education. 

Location:

37928 Gregory Development Road, Breddan Qld 4820 is located just off the Lynd Highway heading North from Charters Towers. It is approximately 18 km from the city centre, and it is approximately a 20 minutes drive to town by car.

Area Tenure:

Total – 8.81 ha or 21.76 acres approximately

Freehold Land

House:

This immaculately presented weather board home is a combination of two historic North Qld buildings, the Clark River Post Office and the Mt Surprise Railway house. The buildings were moved to the property then joined and fully renovated in 2016 by the previous owners who were licensed builders. The renovation was a ‘no expense spared project’. It was repainted, re stumped, re framed where required, fully re-wired, fully re-roofed including installing new insulation, a new kitchen, a new bathroom and the timber floors were polished.




4 bedrooms
Modern office with new cupboards and bench tops
Modern bathroom
2 Toilets
Fully split system airconditioned throughout
Independent Laundry
Large modern Kitchen with breakfast bars inside and out
Very Large Dining & Lounge room
Large Verandas on four sides + a front porch and back patio.
Upstairs airconditioned Attic with a pull-down ladder
Main bedroom has a large built-in robe
Large back yard with plenty of room for a pool


Inside this large luxurious house is a total of four bedrooms, an office, a modern kitchen, a nice modern bathroom, two toilets, an independent laundry, a huge dining and lounge room, an attic and a storage room. The lounge room and dining room open on to the northern veranda, using the large sliding glass doors. These glass doors give the house beautiful views and breezes year-round. The house features an attic upstairs that is air-conditioned with a large split system. It is a nice addition to the house and has been mostly used for storage by the current owners. The house has been fully airconditioned throughout with new or near split systems and it also has ceiling fans throughout. The house is surrounded by 3 ½ metre wide verandas on 4 sides, overlooking the luscious green lawns and shade trees throughout. Looking out from the veranda from an elevated position is beautiful a seasonal creek which trickles down into the beautiful Anabranch.

The kitchen features large outside and inside breakfast bars, a water filtration system for purified drinking water. It is also equipped with a near new cooktop, dishwasher, wall oven, and new cabinets. The bench tops are made of beautiful thick, Queensland Maple timber slabs which present a perfect contrast with the white kitchen cupboards and freshly painted white walls. Three of the four bedrooms are carpeted with nice soft, thick carpets and the remained of the house is polished timber floors. The main bedroom is quite large, and it opens up out on to the veranda using beautiful white French doors. The main bedroom also has a newly built very large, walk in robe that has lots of draws, pigeonhole storage and hanging space. On the southern side of the house is also a freshly renovated office that has new cabinetry and bench tops. This house is a very large comfortable home, that has all the modern luxuries, with lots of space and is full of beautiful natural light. 

Gardens and trees:

37928 Gregory Development Road has nice simplistic garden design with beautiful shade trees throughout both inside and outside the house yard giving the property lots of natural shade and beauty. Most of the trees are native to the area such as Burdekin plums, Currajongs and Moreton Bay gums. Around the house and outside the house are large vast green lawns with plenty of room for entertaining, room for sports and kids to play. Beside the stables are several young fruit trees such as Limes, Lemons, Mulberry’s, Lychees and orange trees. 

Sheds & Carport:

37928 Gregory Development Road has large, good quality carport / workshop style shed. It has been well built and is made of good quality galvanised steel posts, rafters and battens, with custom orb colour bond sheeting on the roof and walls. It is fully concreted throughout, and has electricity connected, with lights and power points ready to go.  The shed is approximately 18 metres x 18 metres x 3 metres high. 2/3rds of the shed is open with no internal posts and the other 1/3rd of the shed is lockable. The lockable part is approximately 8 metres x 18 metres. It opens using the three long steel sliding doors. Beside the main shed there are two other smaller storage style lawn locker style sheds plus a two-bay carport beside the house.   

Water & Electricity:

37928 Gregory Development Road has arguably some of most secure water in the Charters Towers district as it is located on the banks of the famous Anabranch which is a permanent waterhole running parallel to the mighty Burdekin River. The Anabranch is reputedly 8 metres deep and 3 kilometres long and is a very safe water source year-round.

The owners have recently installed a brand-new submersible pump and an 8-panel solar system on a purpose built large, galvanised solar panel frame. The submersible pump stays in the water year-round even during floods from where it pumps up from the anabranch to the house tank. This pumping system allows for cost effective, constant, continuous water supply to the house in the daylight hours. This system also allows for a genset to be connected in case of sunlight issues. From the submersible pump the water travels up to the house through combination of 2 inch and 1 ½ inch poly pipeline, which is approximately 400 metres long. This pumping system automatically fills the water tank at the house, from the house tank it is pumped via a brand new Grundfos pressure pump into the house, to the gardens and livestock troughs. Alternatively, the garden can be watered directly with solar pump by bypassing the house.

Inside the house is a specialised filtering system for the drinking water. This takes out any nasties from the water making it beautiful and safe to drink. 

Solar System:

On the top of the shed is a 13.8 KW solar system installed in June 2023 by Green Energy Technologies. It is a top-quality system using 32 × 415W Phono Solar Diamond Dual Glass solar panels and a Sungrow SG10RS-ADA · 10000W Inverter. This system is saving this property approximately $3,350 dollars per year off the electricity bills. 

Country/ Land:

The property has a combination of ‘Goldfields’ red and black soils, decomposed granite soils and river frontage loam. It is timbered with trees such as Currajong, Burdekin Plum, Moreton Bay, Box, Ironbark, Bloodwood, Sally Wattle, Yellow Wood and various native soft wood shrubs. Pasture is dominated by Buffel grass, Urachloa and other various native grasses. Plus, it has legumes such as Seca Stilo and Verano. The western half of the property as you enter the property is quite flat and the eastern side runs into small seasonal creek which bisects the property. As this creek continues the land slowly slopes away as it approaches the anabranch. This property would comfortably handle small numbers of livestock. The current owners run approximately 20 sheep successfully all year with a combination of agistment from the neighbours, giving the property a spell a few times a year. There is a small woody weed presence on the banks of the Anabranch with weeds such as belly ache bush.   

Rainfall:

The district rainfall is approximately 640mm per year. (BOM records for Charters Towers)

Fencing & Yards:

The fencing is a combination of electric wire, ring lock and standard 3-barb wire fencing with steel pickets and steel strainer assemblies. The property is fenced into two main paddocks. Fencing is in good condition, some being near new or brand new. There is one paddock fenced with ring lock which has been purposely built to house sheep. The are no cattle yards on the property. 

Stables:

37928 Gregory Development Road has a well-built set of horse stables and a tack room. This has been made from good quality galvanised steel posts and cattle rail, with the roof and walls being sheeted in Colourbond custom orb, corrugated iron. Inside the stables is an enclosed saddle and tack room which has a good quality concrete floor. The stables provide a comfortable all-weather home for your beloved horses or even cattle and sheep. 

Dog Kennels / Chook Pen:

The property has two excellent quality, steel dog kennels with additional dog runs off the back of the fully enclosed kennels. The dog kennels & runs are well made and are very secure being approximately 1.8 meters high made from wire mesh and steel posts. They each measure approximately 5 metres wide x 25 metres long. The dog kennels are currently being used as chooks pens and a veggie garden but can easily be converted back if desired.  

Agents’ remarks: 

Being located on the beautiful banks of the Anabranch this property offers buyers a rare and unique opportunity to own their very own piece of paradise where they can have horses, cattle and sheep and go swimming, fishing, boating and entertain guests year-round. This property offers a unique opportunity to enjoy the peace and quiet of the country living combined with a luxurious house, sheds and other infrastructure on waterfront real estate while still being close to town. 

Disclaimer: The above report has been prepared by Slaney & Co based on information supplied by the property owner and other credible sources. Every endeavor has been made to verify its accuracy. Whilst we trust the information to be correct, we make no warranties or guarantees, and prospective purchasers must rely on their own enquiries & research.© Copyright Slaney & Co