About Our Farms and land

IT’S THE PERFECT CLIMATE FOR PARAWANGA DROUGHTMASTERS

Karen, Ayla and Rob Scanlan have been breeding droughtmaster cattle on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, since 1990. We currently run 3 stud herds on 1400 acres at Cooroy, Sunshine Coast and also Flaggy Rock, Central Qld coast.
We have selected for all the best Bos Indicus attributes of survival in heat, drought, flies and ticks and all the best Bos Taurus attributes of good temperament, fertility, milking and muscling combined into the one 50/50 package.
Our coastal Mary Valley climate has a temperature range of –8 to 40 degreesC and 20 to 120 inches of rain annually.

Proof of our success lies in:

• Show winners- Gympie & Roma grand champ DM bull (Down Under)
  • Beef 2009 Billabong Neon group 5th out of 18 in sire's progeny
  • Caboolture Supreme Champion of all breeds (U-Beaute)
  • Brisbane Ekka Junior Champ DM bull (Down Under)
  • Maleny grand champ DM and junior champ trop interbreed bull (Big Boss)
  • Reserve champ trade steer  at Gympie Show
  • Grand champion Bos Indicus female at Maryborough 2007 (Capella)
  • Champion junior Bos Indicus female at Maleny 2007 (Barambah)
  • Laidley 2008 senior reserve champ cow (Capella) and senior champion (Barambah) Champion breeder's group
  • Maleny 2008  champion heifer (Barambah) for the second year running, Res Jun Champ (Dimora)
  • Woodford 2008 Jun Champ Bull (Wynnum), Grand Champ Cow ( Capella)
  • Toogoolawah 2008 Supreme champ bull (Wynnum)
• Sale success- Sarina2 sold to Calioran stud $5,000
  • Down Under sold to Tapiola stud $11,000
  • Squatter sold to Granbalang stud for $7,000
  • Reckless sold to NSW for $7,000
  • Anzac Legend sold to G-Elen stud for $5,500
  • Semen sold to 3 Australian states and overseas

DNA testing

Feed Efficiency4.  Maximum scores of 8 stars out of 8 for sires Cungelella High Flyer and P. Anzac Legend. They grow well in EVERY climate.

Tenderness4.  Very high scores of 5 and 6 out of 8 stars for sires Mountjoy Saxby , Billabong Neon and P. Anzac Legend. They produce more TENDER BEEF.

Marbling4.  Scores adequate for EVERY BEEF MARKET with 2 and 3 out of 8 stars for Saxby and Neon

Breeding On Success- Excellent progeny of P. DownUnder, Cungelella HighFlyer, Billabong Neon bred by Red Hill, Calioran, Tapiola, Vitwood, Renner Springs, Wirigai, Gympie High and Palmyra studs.               

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Contact Us

Please do not hesitate to call us to arrange a visit to our property, we would love to hear from you...

Phone: (07) 5447 0337 Phone from overseas: +617 5447 0337
Email: rjscanlan@harboursat.com.au
Postal address: PO Box 594 Cooroy Qld 4563 Australia

Links

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