[OSH]

alright guys,
reasonable reponces please..
i'd prefer not to have answers like 'build a 4x4 park'..
why you might ask, because its a 5 minute drive from Loveday 4x4 Adventures.

oh, and the hardest thing to consider, it CAN NOT be profitable, ie business!


im stumped, i cant think of anything.

and for you nuts out there, 20 acres with 87 megs of water!


Cheers,

 

[LordBug]

A hobby farm with fruit trees, heaps of fruit and veg, and a couple of easy animals?

 

[estcove]

It really depends on so many things. Location, contour and water for a start.

I had an Uncle in Canada who used his land for turf farming. After many years and as the nearby city expanded, he sold it as a subdivision and lived on the proceeds for the rest of his life.

Very important to bear in mind that land is a great investment...they're not making it any more. Just hang onto it I'd say. Something will crop up...maybe not this year or even next, but it will.

 

[jackd]

Put in something like a crop that will not give you any return for a couple of years, ie fruit trees (baby ones). That way you have water to feed them but they wont show you a profit for a couple of years. Maybe by then you will be in a position to make a better decision about it. Or plant it in wood trees, ie pine, they will take ages to grow and then further down the track (0 - 20 years) you could profit from it.


Just no growing those funny tomato plants that don't bear tomatoes, LMAO

 

[bennoGU28]

Build yourself a tank out of an old cat dozer, fit a big arse potato cannon and go scaring the neighbours

Thats what Id do preferably with a howlin pair of 6-71s

 

[Liam66]

paint red 'x' s on it, dress up like a pirate, watch people dig it up for you.

 

[estcove]

Van Park, Hippie Commune? Somewhere to send the bludging relatives?

 

[stokedapollo]

Nature reserve or something for sick wildlife non profit org

 

[OSH]

Why did you buy it first up?

havent bought it yet.
just thinking about what i could do, if i did.


has a house and shizz on it.

 

[bamr33]

20 acres of non-profitable land you supposedly don't want to 4x4 on... Sell it, buy something interesting (that is if you own it, you haven't really described how you are connected to it, own? rent?family?other?).

 

[bamr33]

ah of course you post in the same minute that i do. Yeah I wouldn't buy it if I couldn't make any money off it and didn't want to use it 4x4 dirt bikes etc.

 

[estcove]

How much. What would it rent for? Buy it if you can get an acceptable return and then just hold on to it.

I bought a terrace house in Ultimo, Sydney years ago. Always rented and managed by an agent. I never thought about it. Eventually the council put in a Monorail that stopped at the end of my street. Prices went through the roof and I cashed in.

With property it's not the timing when you buy but the length of time you are in the market that counts. If you can do it without much strain...then do it.

 

[T0nka]

grow pot

 

[Foo]

Plant Cedar trees and harvest in 20yrs time.

Have a look at what Red Cedar is worth.

 

[RosieBear]

If its a nice area out of town a bit and got a couple of trees on it away from the house, stick a couple of fire pits in, and a bush toilet( deep hole), and later a skillion roof near the fire pits, and tin roof shelter shed and water tank and a couple of wooden tables, and offer free overnight camping for grey nomads, and bona fide travellers with camping gear or trailers, you'll never be without a friend or visitors. No power required, no lighting required, get them to sign an injury/damage waiver and leave them to it. Couple of house rules (make up your own, like take your rubbish with you, dont leave a mess). limit stays to 24 hours/overnight only or other by arrangement.

You'll probably find that if you have the materials, You'll soon find someone to build the shelter for you for free, and mow the grass etc.

 

[waz65]

grow pot

that's a one :bigthumb:

 

[micks4x4]

Golf course? or MOTOCROSS TRACK
Rifle, grenade, artillary range
Just blow crap up!

 

[THE FERRET]

Nudist colony, and I'll be lookout!!

 

[truckster]

ask the local council what your allowed to do with it.
I've posted this here before, but a bloke on the bike forum bought land to ride bikes on, council came down on him like hell. He had to get permits to ride on it - in the end the permit allowed him 6minutes a week .. in other words the land maybe useless totally.

 

[scrawni]

Live off it, have chucks and pigs, a cow or two and grow your own veggies, you could even grow your own fuel for a gennie