Peaceful Off-Grid Living Adjoining Yengo National Park

Bordering Yengo National Park, this 90.8Ha (224 acre) property, nestled in a private valley is the perfect place to escape city life.

If you love privacy, native wildlife including wombats, kangaroos, squirrel gliders, micro bats and bird life with the extensive native flora such as rock orchids, cycads, grass trees, iron bark, white mahogany, to name a few, then this is a must-see property!

It is located, approximately, 90 minutes from the M1 Wahroonga interchange, 30 minutes to GNTP & Village Providore, Laguna and 80 minutes to the Hunter Valley Vineyards.

Offering a great mix of flora with an arable grassy valley floor, beautiful Australian bush land and elevated vantage points with breath taking views. Established tracks, on and around the property, offer a perfect opportunity to enjoy trail bike riding, horse riding and bush walking with ridge top views looking out to the Watagan Mountains in the East, Pokolbin to the North and glimpses of Mount Yengo to the West.

This property has been developed to be completely self-sufficient with an off-grid solar power system backed up by an 8Kw diesel generator and a control panel located in the cottage to easily monitor the state of charge at all times. The only external energy required is a gas bottle for BBQs in the Summer!

The Cedar Span cottage consists of 2 bedrooms plus a mezzanine floor, a modern bathroom, laundry, open plan living/dining, modern country kitchen, large walk-in pantry and verandas front and back. It is established perfectly for off-grid living with LED lighting, a Rayburn wood burning range which includes a wet-back water heating system and 2 radiators in both the bathroom and laundry. It also has the added comforts of air conditioning and a dishwasher. Hot water is also heated by solar panels located on the roof. In addition, there is a Nectre combustion fireplace for those cool winter nights.

A 7-bay shed (21 x 11 metre), on a concrete slab provides 3 parking bays, plus 2 bays for a workshop and 2 external bays. An additional lean-to also provides undercover parking for another vehicle.

There are 6 steel water tanks with a total capacity of 96,000L.   There are also 4 small dams on the property, 2 of which constantly hold water.

Satellite NBN Internet, together with an additional Telstra tower at the top of the property provides ADSL internet and a land line via an underground cable to the house. Satellite free to air TV is also connected.

Things you will love about this unique 90.8ha private valley are;

• 2 Bedroom Cedar Span cottage with a mezzanine floor
• high ceilings
• Spacious open plan living
• Rayburn woodburning Range with wet-back water and radiator heating
• Island bench with rustic hanging rack above
• Combustion fire
• Dishwasher
• NBN Satellite internet
• Telstra ADSL Internet
• Telstra Landline
• Rota-Loo composting toilet
• 32 LED lights
• 16 solar panels
• 24 x 2Volt 1200 Amp hour battery bank
• 8Kw diesel generator
• 3 Solar water heating panels
• 280Lt hot water cylinder
• 98,000 Litre water rainwater storage (including a 50Klt header tank providing standard house pressure)
• 2.5Kw water pump to header tank
• 7 Bay shed – 3 internal parking bay and 2 bay workshop, with 2 external bays and additional 3 metre veranda in the front of the shed
• Large parking area in front of shed
• Roof sprinklers
• Fire pump and hose
• Greenhouse
• Several small dams
• Cleared valley floor with several open clearings
• Numerous tracks on and around the property
• Large variety of native fauna
• Extensive bushland with large trees including White Mahogany, Iron Bark, and Turpentine to name a few
• Native plant foods include – Finger & round limes, Aniseed & Cinnamon Myrtle, and many other varieties were planted to verify viability
• Rock Orchids propagated in green house
• Extensive views from ridge top
• Within 2 Hours drive from Sydney
• 30 minutes to the Great Northern Trading post / Laguna Wine Bar and providores

Trading as "Yango Organic Bush Foods"

The business activity of the property has been to grow organic native bush foods. If not sold as a going concern/farm, then GST will be added to the sale price.

For further information please contact Kurt Musgrove: 0497 281 475 or Garry Musgrove: 0429 663 026