Ideal permaculture location in the bush easy bike ride on sealed roads to Coonabarabran CBD. 6 acre block, half forested, half cleared with improved loamy soil that's been organically market gardened.
There is a free standing 22 panel solar array and Sigen battery with electric car charger. The rustic house is the original farm cottage, with additions over the years. The lounge room has a cosy slow combustion wood fire. Living area near the kitchen is air conditioned. Built in pantry & food cellar. The 2 bed rooms lead onto the sunny northern verandah. One bed room has a built in wardrobe. The verandah wraps around the north and west side of the home, making it a sheltered place to relax in the winter sun looking out on the raised vegetable garden beds in the yard. Beyond the house yard is an acre of cleared land with alluvial soil that has had lots of organic material added. There is a bore near the garden that provides water for the gardens and currently the house. Or you can select to have mains water instead. The bore flow did not diminish in the last severe drought. The property is close to the Castlereagh River and easy walking distance to a rocky swimming hole in a side stream or larger swimming hole in the main river. There is a park by the river with picnic areas shaded by large trees. There are bush walks to the lookout hill through the back fence. The natural forest has large smooth barked angophora on sandstone outcrops filled with flannel flowers in spring. From the lookout hill you can see The Warrumbungles in the sunset, a great place for hiking & climbing 30km down the road. The Siding Spring Observatory is on a spectacular ridge with its white dome visible for miles around. Because of the observatory and the National Park, Coonabarbran is a unique diverse community with a strong arts culture. They host Pride events and celebrate their Kamileroi history and community. There are colourful Sandstone Caves and modern indigenous 'Sculptures in the Scrub' in The Pilliga forest, special places to feel deep time past. There is also The Pilliga Pottery artisan village homestay & Cafe 30km north. They now run the Royal Hotel in Coona which has become a welcoming community hub with its open fire where interest groups gather. There is a great network of people doing syntropic forestry and permaculture in the region as well as growing numbers of farmers doing regenerative ag & sequestering carbon. The local showgrounds host equestrian events.
The owner deeply regrets having to sell to move closer to grandchildren and help their families set up self sufficient living for the coming crisis. She will miss charging her EV car from the sun and the security of knowing the power won't go off. The solar array was installed by the local electrician who is quick to help if needed. He just installed a new electric stove in the kitchen, so the gas bottle has gone. We hope this will also be the fate of the threat of coal seam gas near Narrabri 120km north. There is a strong environmental awareness in the community, as they house staff of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy that have reintroduced Bilbys in their sanctuary in The Pilliga.
If you are looking for a sustainable lifestyle to care for your family and our precious planet home this is a unique self sufficient option to make your own on the outskirts of a great community which are all the ingredients needed to face our meta crisis that is upon us.