A key reason why Bindi Station was bought by Penny Barry's great-grandfather in 1910

The 3400-hectare property was bought by Mrs Barry's great-grandfather and Melbourne-based barrister Sir Edward Mitchell in 1910.

Buildings surrounding the homestead where her father John Armit once lived date back to the 1830s, and the mature gardens around the old buildings on the banks of the Tambo River and Bindi Creek are just as impressive.

The property is owned now by Mrs Barry and her sister Sally Meggitt, trading as Bindi Pty Ltd, and managed by Mr Barry.

The cattle component comprises a Hereford herd of 400 Newcomen-blood cows, while the property is home to 5000 Merino ewes, with more than 10,000 sheep passing through the shearing shed each year.

An additional 400 Angus cows are run at the family-owned 1000-hectare Holstons Station east of Ensay.

Bindi Pty Ltd bought Holstons in 2020 after it was burnt almost entirely during the Black Summer bushfires.

The sale included the acquisition of the property's 200-head herd.

The Bindi property is made up of 40 per cent granite soils and 60pc limestone and was one of the reasons Sir Mitchell purchased the property 113 years ago.

"He was actually interested in the limestone for making cement," Mr Barry said.

"Cement was in great demand in the early 1900s and back then there were plans to put a railway in from Bruthen to Omeo and it was going to go through Bindi.

"It was always an issue and still is today getting things out of this area, and Sir Edward Mitchell had a bit of pull in those days and wanted to piggyback a quarry on the property onto the railway."

Buildings near the homestead include an 1830s slab hut which was built as a store where workers and residents would go to buy tea, flower, sugar and other essentials.

"We still call it the wooden storeroom today," Mr Barry said.

The pair returned to Bindi Station in 1996 after living and working in rural Queensland and NSW for a period of time, when they took on the role of managing the property alongside Mr Armit until his death in 2017.

Nowadays, Mr and Mrs Barry carry out most of the work themselves, with contractors employed to do the shearing and crutching of their 21-micron clip.

"We employ Tim Hussey who manages Holstons for us and also works here occasionally, but Pen and I do most of the work on Bindi ourselves," he said.

"We always get family help too, particularly from our youngest son, Chris, who comes home and advises us on stock movement decisions and helps with a lot of the practical management of running the properties."

The property is bordered by Crown land on three sides and varies in topography from reliable creek flats to steep granite country.

Bindi Station will feature in the Ensay weaner sale when 80 Hereford heifers and 38 steers, 15-16 months, will be put up for auction.

Mr Barry said the annual Mountain Calf Sales market was one of the best places graziers could buy Herefords.

"The stock will suit the Ensay district... they're in good order," he said.

"We're fairly confident about prices and demand heading into the sale because from one week to the other, the market seems to be improving slightly."