That dream was realised in 2004 when John, the respected former head of engineering and construction company Abigroup, and his wife Annette bought this country property which grew to become the highly productive Glen Alvie aggregation.

The now 2145 hectare freehold Glen Alvie aggregation consists of three original properties: Glen Alvie (656 hectares, Hillview (1239 hectares) and Highfields (251 hectares).

Glen Alvie is located 79 kilometres east of Armidale and adjoins the Ebor town boundary with main road frontage to Waterfall Way.  Pound Road provides internal access through the middle of the property.

The country is predominately chocolate basalt soils growing pastures including primarily of rye, cocksfoot, fescue, phalaris, kikuyu, paspalum, chicory and red and white clovers.

The aggregation has a significant fertiliser history supported by an agricultural air strip located on Hillview.

Glen Alvie is well watered with about 70 dams and numerous water holes in Dirty Creek.

The property is subdivided into 46 main paddocks with a lane way system servicing the yards. There are also five sets of cattle yards, four with all weather access.

The four-stand electric woolshed has an undercover race and yards, capable of shedding some 1700 woolly sheep.  

Other improvements include Glen Alvie’s main homestead, a three-bedroom home on Hillview, Fred’s House, a three-bedroom double brick home circa 1980 and Mark’s House, a two-bedroom cottage.

Located near the cottage are two steel machinery sheds and a three bay shed.