One of country Victoria’s hidden treasures is up for sale.
Just 17 kilometres from Kyneton, the Barfold Gorge on the Campaspe River, is the only privately owned gorge in Victoria.
Its current owners, Karen and Martin O’Sullivan, are selling the 500-acre property, where they have raised their four sons, while farming sheep and cattle.
“We have been the custodians of the Barfold Gorge, the waterfalls, columns and caves for 15 years, now it’s time for somebody else to enjoy that privilege,” Karen said.
Within the Barfold Gorge, Queens Falls and Mitchell Falls drop 30 metres into a natural amphitheatre spanning 100 metres, as the Campaspe River winds around sweeping bends adorned with rugged vertical cliffs.
The Barfold Gorge has been formed over the last seven million years, but more recently the Campase River carved a channel through the gorge after the last lava flow 4.5 million years ago.
“We’ve always considered Corumbene one of nature’s unique masterpieces. It can’t ever be replaced or replicated,” Martin said.
Boasting nine kilometres of combined river frontage, taking in the Campaspe River and Pipers Creek, Corumbene boasts 500 acres of rich, arable and flat volcanic soil pastures enabling heavy stocking rates.
Karen was the first female president of the Kyneton Football Netball Club, has been on the management committee at the Kyneton and Hanging Rock Race Club and spent five years as a board director at Central Highlands Rural Health.
The couple is selling their five-bedroom rambling farmhouse, which features a modern tennis court and pool and established gardens, to travel interstate and overseas.
Corumbene is located within the Heathcote wine region and just 9 kms from Lake Eppalock.
Forbes Global Properties is selling Corumbene and has quoted a price range from $6-6.6m.
