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WESTWEST AUSTRALIANAUSTRALIAN STATIONSTATION STAYSSTAYS WESTERN AUSTRALIA Forget the hustle and bustle of city life and stay on an Outback Station Stay www.wastationstays.com.au WESTWEST AUSTRALIANAUSTRALIAN STATION STATIONSTAYSSTAYS SHEEP AND CATTLE STATIONS HAVE BEEN THE BACKBONE OF WEST AUSTRALIA’S OUTBACK FOR OVER 130 YEARS - AND HOSPITALITY IS NOTHING NEW FOR THEM. WELCOMING THE SHEARERS, JACKAROOS, GOVERNESSES, HEAD STOCK MEN, NEIGHBOURS, MAIL CONTRACTORS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS IS A WAY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE REMOTE AREAS. A diverse range of accommodation offers a multitude of experiences. Grand old homesteads present comfortable respite whilst you watch the day to day work of running a station. Self-contained cottages are relaxed and personable. Get comfy down at the shearers quarters and imagine life back in the days of booming wool prices. Most stations will also offer you a patch to roll out your swag or set up your camper, surrounded by stunning scenery and whistling birds in the trees above. Despite the fact you could sit back all day and soak up the atmosphere of the outback, the list of activities you can partake in is endless. 4WDing, hiking, mountain-bike riding, birdwatching, painting, horse treks, walk-trails, guided tours, wildflowers, stargazing or perhaps even lend a hand and get involved in station life. No matter your choice you can be assured of sharing hundreds of thousands of acres with only a few others. However you choose to spend your time at a Station Stay you can be guaranteed of an experience like no other. Forget the hustle and bustle of city life and allow the wide sweeping plains and ruggedly beautiful landscapes of these Mid-West Stations Stays capture your imagination. For more information visit: www.wastationstays.com.au 1 MURCHISON HOUSE STATION LOCATION: 5618 AJANA ROAD, KALBARRI, WA GPS: 27° 38’ 44” S 114° 14’ 17” E ACCOMMODATION • Camping and caravan sites - Homestead sites and self-contained 4WD bush camping EXPERIENCE Visit a 350,000 acre working station with over 150 years of history just a short drive from the coastal resort town of Kalbarri. Murchison House Station has over 60km of rugged Indian Ocean shoreline and over 30km of Murchison river flood plains. Because of the plentiful supply of water, with many permanent soaks and springs, the wildlife and bird life is abundant. The terrain is rugged, spectacular, and varied, ranging from coastal sand plains and dunes to red dirt and river gorge country and ancient gum trees. Wildflowers, when in season, are a stunning feature of the landscape. Activities include: fishing, birdwatching, swimming, kayaking and 4WD tracks. Quad Bike Tours and Canoe Safaris are also available. We welcome visitors from April to October. YOUR HOSTS Belinda and Calum Carruth Phone: (08) 9937 1998 Email: [email protected] Web: www.murchisonhousestation.com.au 2 HAMELIN OUTBACK STATION STAY LOCATION: 1KM OFF THE SEALED SHARK BAY ROAD, AND 31KM FROM THE OVERLANDER ROADHOUSE. GPS: 26° 25’ 32” S 114° 11’ 34” E ACCOMMODATION • Family, standard and twin rooms with communal facilities in the restored Shearers’ Quarters • Caravan and camping sites with access to powered amenities and kitchen facilities EXPERIENCE Hamelin Station Reserve is a 202,000-hectare property managed and owned by one of Australia’s largest and most effective conservation organisations, Bush Heritage. Located on the shores of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, it is the ideal base from which to explore the region’s many attractions, including the dolphins of Monkey Mia, Francois Peron National Park, and the Hamelin Pool stromatolites - examples of some of the oldest life forms on Earth. Guests can choose from either the stunningly restored and renovated Shearers’ Quarters, or a range of caravan and camping sites, complete with fire pits, under the starry outback skies. YOUR HOSTS Bush Heritage Australia Phone: (08) 9948 5145 Email: [email protected] Web: www.hamelinstationstay.com.au EXMOUTH Karijini Eco Retreat Auski Roadhouse Learmonth Exmouth Gulf Nanutarra Karijini Roadhouse Tom National 3 Park HAMELIN OUTBACK STATION STAY MELLENBYE STATION Price LOCATION: 1KM OFF THE SEALED SHARK BAY ROAD, LOCATION: MORAWA YALGOO ROAD, YALGOO, WA AND 31KM FROM THE OVERLANDER ROADHOUSE. GPS: 28°49’ 59 S 116°12’19”E Paraburdoo NEWMAN GPS: 26° 25’ 32” S 114° 11’ 34” E Capricorn Coral Roadhouse Bay Tropic of Capricorn ACCOMMODATION • Camping/caravan sites - unpowered. Campground showers and toilets • Shearers quarters - single/double rooms (limited power avail) Minilya Roadhouse • Homestead Rooms - Queen with ensuite Mt. Augustus Tourist Park Lake Mount • Donga Rooms- Queen with ensuite MacLeod Augustus Kumarina Kennedy Range Nat. Park • Cabins - Queen with ensuite and limited cooking. National Park • Motel Style Rooms - Queen with ensuite with limited cooking • Cottages & Luxury Cottage - Queen with ensuite, fully self-contained Collier Range GASCOYNE National Park KINGSFORD SMITH ROUTE EXPERIENCE JUNCTION MAIL RUN Mellenbye Station Stay is on a working cattle station. Only four CARNARVON and a half hours from Perth, just off a sealed road between Yalgoo 7 and Morawa. Established in 1895 as a sheep station, its stone Shark GLENBURGH STATION Carnegie shearing shed is impressive and provides a wonderful indoor area Bay Mt. Gould Lockup Lake for entertainment or a venue for your special function. With good (Ruins) Carnegie rainfall, the station and its surrounds produce a wonderful display Bilung Pool of everlastings, orchids and the famous wreath flower (Lechenaultia Monkey Canning Mia Wooramel Stock Route macrantha). Accommodation ranges from luxury cottages and Roadhouse Carnegie Station cabins, to donga rooms, homestead rooms and shearers quarters. Denham Peace Gorge Campers and caravans can enjoy a well-equipped camp kitchen, Wiluna showers both gas and donkey heated and flushing toilets. If HAMELIN OUTBACK 2 WOOL WAGON GUNBARRELL HWY you need time out from the stress of life and mobile phones, STATION STAY PATHWAY MEEKATHARRA Overlander Mt Yagahong then visit Mellenbye and simply enjoy the quiet of the station, sit Roadhouse by a campfire, relax and look at the wonderful evening stars. Errabiddy Bluff MURCHISON SETTLEMENT Yarrabubba Crater Billabong Poona Afghan Rock YOUR HOST Roadhouse WOOLEEN STATION Emerald Mine Shelly Bogdan N 6 Big Bell Phone: (08) 9972 3072 Walga Rock CUE MINER’S PATHWAY Warburton Email: [email protected] Lake Austin MELANGATA Cosmo Newbery Web: www.mellenbye.com.au 5 STATION Dalgaranga Leinster Crater 1 MURCHISON WAY Sandstone Agnew Sealed Major Road HOUSE STATION Amhitheatre Granites 16 Heritage Trail Sealed Minor Road Kalbarri MT. MAGNET Kalbarri SANDSTONE Unsealed Road OUTBACK Nat. Pk. GABYON YALGOO Sealed Pathways STATION Laverton Wreath Flowers Jokers Tunnel 8 Unsealed Pathways Northhampton 4 KIRKALOCKA STATION Youanmi Lake Noondie Leonora Station Stay MULLEWA NALBARRA Fuel Available PINDAR STATION Gwalia Lake 9 Carey "Anne Beadell Hwy" 20 Interpretive Site MELLENBYE GERALDTON 3 STATION Paynes Find Lake Morapoi 0 25 50 75 100 Gold Battery Ballard Station Kookynie Lake Lake Barlee Niagara Dam Raeside Scale in Kilometres Mingenew Morawa INDIAN OCEAN PAYNES FIND Dongara Menzies Three Springs Lake Lake Yarra Lake Yarra Moore Rebecca Lakes Ora Banda Wubin Broad Arrow Watheroo Dalwallinu Kalannie Beacon Badgingarra Bonnie Rock KALGOORLIE-BOULDER Mollerin Lake Koolyanobbing Miling Ballidu Coolgardie Cervantes Cadoux Bencubbin Moora Wongan Mukinbudin Bullfinch Kambalda Hills Koorda New Kununoppin Norcia Trayning Southern Cross Lake Nungarin Lefroy Lancelin Dowerin Westonia Boorabbin Wyalkatchem Nat. Park Widgiemooltha Merredin Marvel Loch Lake Meckering Tammin Cowan Toodyay Eucla Kellerberrin Cunderdin NORTHAM Kokerbin Bruce Rock Rock The Breakaways Fraser Norseman Range Lake Station York Johnston PERTH Midland Quairading Narembeen Armadale Corrigin Karlgarin Wave Rock Lake Brookton Hope Lake Hyden Lake Dundas 2 Pingelly Kondinin Gilmore MANDURAH Kulin Frank Hann Wandering Yealering Nat. Park Lake Sharpe Peak Charles Salmon Gums Pinjarra Cuballing Nat. Park Wickepin Williams Narrogin Harrismith Lake King Grass Patch Lake Grace Newdegate Quindanning Kukerin Dumbleyung COLLIE Darkan Wagin Ravensthorpe Arid Nat. Park Cape BUNBURY Arthur Nyabing Munglinup Duranillin River Katanning Cape Naturaliste Stokes ESPERANCE Jerramungup Fitzgerald River Nat. Park Busselton Gnowangerup Hopetoun Cape Le Grand Kojonup National Park Nat. Park Ongerup Nannup Margaret Bridgetown River Manjimup Bremer Bay Augusta Mt. Barker Cape Riche Cape Leeuwin Pemberton Walpole Denmark ALBANY SOUTHERN OCEAN 4 GABYON STATION LOCATION: GABYON-TARDIE ROAD, YALGOO, WA GPS: 28° 14’ 58” S 116° 20’ 27” E ACCOMMODATION • Unpowered Camping and Caravan sites • Shearers Quarters - 7 double rooms inc a single bed • Homestead Cottage - 3 queen rooms inc a single bed EXPERIENCE Gabyon Station Stay is a working sheep station located in the striking red earth of the Murchison district. The Station is adjacent to the ‘Miners’ Pathways’ self-drive route where guests can enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the outback. Accommodation options include the homestead cottage, rustic shearers’ quarters, or unpowered caravan and camping sites; all situated 200km east of Geraldton and 54km from historic mining town Yalgoo. Activities include horse and motorbike trail rides, self-drive on the windmill tracks, birdlife and historic relics. You can gaze over hectares