'Waiko' is set to go under the hammer.

The property is offered for sale by longterm partners Mark and Lee Newnham of Hay and Robert and Andrew Robert Hiscock, of Kilmore.

It comprises approximately 24,811.55 hectares (61,309.35 acres) of Western Lands Lease in Perpetuity (including 'Waiko' and 'Woolahra'), offering a blend of pastoral and agricultural opportunities.

'Waiko' is located just east of the Ivanhoe township and the Cobb Highway, within the Central Darling Shire Council.

Selling agent Matt Horne said 'Waiko' is well-equipped for livestock management, boasting 14 main paddocks with laneway access to nine of them.

"Water infrastructure is robust, with four bores equipped with solar panels and one electric bore, supplemented by 12 ground tanks, six of which have been recently desilted."

Shearing operations are facilitated by a 7-stand raised board shearing shed with adjoining steel yards. The property also includes portable steel cattle yards and two sets of outstation yards.

For accommodation, there are 16 person huts with kitchen facilities and air conditioning.

A near-new 56x18m all-steel machinery shed provides a secure workshop with a concrete floor, power, lighting, and a vehicle hoist, alongside a 320,000-litre Kingspan water tank.

Fencing is predominantly hinge joint or eight plain and one barb wire combinations for the boundary, with internal fencing primarily consisting of eight plain and one barb wire combinations.

The land itself features open plains and undulating red to grey soils, supporting natural herbage such as saltbush, bluebush, cottonbush, trefoil, and crowsfoot.

It is lightly timbered with wilga, belah, and leopard wood trees.

Additionally, Waiko' includes a 193-hectare cultivation agreement.

The long-term annual rainfall for the area is 307.2mm, based on data from the BOM for Ivanhoe Post Office.

Recent stocking rates highlight the property's capacity: in 2023, it supported 6,603 ewes, 3,440 followers, and 452 cattle. In 2024, these figures were 5,904 ewes, 2,780 followers, and 440 cattle, and for 2025, 5,210 ewes, 2,956 followers, and 142 cattle.

The property will be offered by public auction at 11:00 am on Friday, August 22, 2025, at the Ivanhoe RSL Club, unless sold prior.

Included in the sale are various items such as two fridges, one freezer, pots and pans, cutlery and crockery, 15 beds, and two pressure pumps in the shearers huts.

The workshop includes a Lorentz solar pump, two Grundfos solar pumps, two Mono solar pumps, and one Grundfos 24-volt pump. Farmland inclusions comprise 29 troughs, 20 x 22, 500-litre water tanks, portable panels in use, portable steel cattle yards, a hoist in the workshop, and two pressure pumps.

Some exclusions apply.

For further inquiries, interested parties can contact Elders Selling Agents Jason Telford at 0447 533 313 or Matt Horne at 0409 355 733.