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www.acmadcentre.com.au Thursday September 30, 2021 SPECIAL PUBLICATION 13
SPRING PROPERTY GUIDE 2021

Farewell to our labour of love

BY CHRIS MCLENNAN It wasn't by chance the in five fields ranging from
Lampe family came to Bob- 226ha to 350ha which feature
ROSS and Rosemary Lam- biwaa back in the 1940's but the ideal long open straight
pe admit to having mixed the quality of the land. runs.
feelings about farewelling It was Ross' grandfather Ross and Rosemary are
the family farm in north- Fred who made the de- swapping their modern
ern NSW. cision to scatter the fam- five-bedroom timber home-
"I've been here all my life," ily about from their base stead with a view of the rang-
Ross explained. first from around Tumut es for a place in town.
But at age 72 and with his to Coonamble. There is also a three bed-
children happily living in It was at a meeting with room renovated cottage on
Sydney, the time has come land agent EJ Holtsbaum at the place.
to sell their well cared for the Metropol Hotel in Sydney There are two machinery
Bobbiwaa South spread and during the early war years sheds, a workshop, 1600
move the 14km to Narrabri. that Fred set up his five boys tonnes of silo storage, steel
Ross says he hasn't yet and one daughter with land. cattle yards, shearing shed
dwelled much on retirement. His son Bruce (Ross' fa- and yards, a spray station
Bobbiwaa translates from ther) returned from the fight- and diesel storage.
the local Aboriginal language ing in Borneo in 1945 to take Thefarmiswellfencedand
as running waters referring up the Narrabri farm, and watered by three equipped
to a creek which flows occa- marry his sweetheart Marcia. bores reticulating water to
sionally after heavy rain on It was Bobbiwaa's quality tanks and troughs should
the nearby Nandewar Rang- soils and the reliable 650mm the new owner want to move
es, part of the Great Divide. (26 inch) annual rainfall back into grazing.
The 1457 hectare farm will spread across summer and Ross will be sad to leave
go to auction through Nu- winter which sealed the deal. the farm. "I would have liked
trien Harcourts on October Originally they ran beef to have passed it on, as it was
7 at The Crossing Theatre in cattle and then in 1957 they passed on to me," he said.
Narrabri from 11am. bought Merino sheep from Ross said he wished the
With a farmed area of 1266 Lampe relatives at Coonam- eventual owners well.
hectares and its reputation of ble from Nebia and Quanda. "I hope they look after it as
being choice country, Bob- The big change came in well as we have."
biwaa South is expected to the early 1960s when the For more information on
sell for more than the $8150- Lampe family started grow- Bobbiwaa South contact the
$8650ha ($3300-$3500 per ing wheat. agents Paul Thomas 0429 921
SAD FAREWELL: Ross and Rosemary Lampe are retiring to nearby Narrabri. Picture: acre) achieved at recent sales Modern minimum till- 599 or James Thomas 0418
supplied. in the district. age cultivation is employed 975 048.

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