Inverleigh Station is an iconic pastoral property in the lower Gulf owned and operated by Judy Fry and her sons, Darren and Raymond (Snow) Heslin. Judy has been a grazier and business person in the lower Cape and Gulf for more than 50 years. Both Darren and Snow are firmly committed to a custodian role for Inverleigh while being mindful of opportunities to improve the enterprise, explore new markets and initiatives, and support development in the Gulf region.
Inverleigh is approximately 750,000 acres of mostly open grass country alongside the Flinders River. Typically, there are approximately 20,000 head of cattle located on the property, mostly for live export. Inverleigh Pastoral Company has, from time to time, trialled some cropping activities for fodder and is now exploring, in a joint venture, the possibility of larger scale agriculture and commercial cropping. The joint venture partner, Resurgo, is represented by Brendan Oswald, experienced cropping operator from the Western Darling Downs.
The joint venture is at the inception stage and Inverleigh and Resurgo are exploring the best way forward to navigate the environmental and regulatory complexities in order to uncover a commercially viable, sustainable, and profitable cropping enterprise. It is most likely that dry land cotton would be the joint objective based on information currently available, and the resources and skills of each of the parties are well positioned for that type of operation.
