Balgair
31°09′29″S 125°35′53″E / 31.158°S 125.598°E Balgair or Balgair Station is a pastoral lease, currently operating as a
The property was established in the mid-1960s when three blocks east of Rawlinna Station became available. Over 32 applicants wanted to settle the blocks that later became known as Balgair, Kybo and Desert Downs.[1]
When running sheep it has been stocked with up to 10,000 head and has a maximum carrying capacity of 17,500. It has good quality underground water with seven equipped bores and a further four unequipped bores on undeveloped areas. The property has a homestead, a four-stand shearing shed and drafting yards. The station was recently[timeframe?] listed for sale at A$2.1 million.[2]
Since at least 2001 Balgair was owned and managed by Mark and Karen Forrester, who also operate Kanandah Station. Both properties produce
See also
References
- ^ Department of Agriculture. December 2010. Archived from the original(PDF) on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ "Balgair Station - Nullarbor grazing". homehound. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ "Inquiry into Pastoral lease in Western Australia" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.