A rare opportunity to purchase land of significant scale in the eastern Barossa Ranges is about to become available.
Two historic sheep and cattle grazing properties, Red Creek, Keyneton, (2549 hectares/6296 acres), and Karinya Station, Moculta, (2047ha/5056ac), share a common boundary and have been run as a single entity for the past 30 years.
The two properties are now being offered to the market for individual sale.
Situated just over an hour from Adelaide, Red Creek and Karinya Station are comprised of 31 contiguous allotments and 12 contiguous titles respectively, with each property offering scale and diversity.
The properties are well suited to livestock production, having an excellent balance of native grasses as well as improved pastures with an excellent fertiliser history.
To complement this, both properties feature multiple catchment dams, natural springs, and mains water for additional water security.
From gently undulating gum-studded, arable land, to open grazing hills with steeper slopes, the rugged eastern escarpments are dissected by timbered, seasonal watercourses and scenic gorges reminiscent of the southern Flinders Ranges.
Approximately 30 kilometres of magnificent dry-stone walls built in the 1860s traverse both properties.
Adjacent to Henschke winery, Red Creek has been owned and operated by the Keynes family for five generations.
It is renowned for producing high quality Merino wool, excellent crossbred lambs and Angus beef cattle.
The property is also noted for its quality infrastructure including modern steel sheep and cattle yards.
The centrepiece of Karinya Station is the hundred-year-old homestead.
This historic residence incorporates extensive internal and external living areas, established lawns and a swimming pool.
A second residence on Karinya Station has been recently renovated and would be ideal for extended family, farm stay or a station manager.