Two major SA pastoral stations sold
Two prominent pastoral stations near Port Augusta are changing hands with a surprise family business branching into farming.
A Northern Flinders Rangers cattle station which can hold almost 10,000 sheep or cattle has been sold to an Adelaide-based recycling manufacturer.
Mount Freeling Station, located about four hours from Port Augusta, has been fully destocked and sold by the Redpath family, who owned the station since 2018, but whose main business is crops in Balaklava and Blyth.
It was bought by Edinburgh-based company MASTEC, a specialist waste and recycling container manufacturer, run by managing director Michael Brixton.
Mount Freeling Station has seen over 250mm of rainfall so far in 2026, according to the real estate listing, which also said the property had tourism potential, with room for camping and 4×4 tracks exploring The Mawson Plateau, Yudnamutana mines and Brindina Springs.
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It comes as Gilles Downs Station, less than an hour from Port Augusta and Whyalla, was bought by pastoralists Ian and Sandy Morris who want to expand their existing sheep grazing business.
Gilles Downs Station is located on Eyre Highway, about 77 kilometres north-west of Whyalla and 90 kilometres south-west of Port Augusta.
The Morris’ purchased the 47,400-hectare wool-growing site for an undisclosed price in late July.
The Gilles Down Station can hold up to 600 sheep, and consistently achieved a 70 per cent yield of wool, according to the real estate listing.
Both properties were sold by Ray White Rural SA, with agents Sam Kreig and Daniel Schell saying the properties showed “strong confidence” for SA’s pastoral market.
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