The Top End

BULLO RIVER

Northern Territory Outback Cattle Station

The homestead is located on a half million acres of wilderness in the Northern Territory. The front gate is 50 kms from the homestead and the nearest neighbour 2 hours away! So remote is this region that there are waterholes and aboriginal art that have remained unseen and untouched for hundreds of years.

The station is easily reached by light aircraft giving you the chance to admire the escarpments and gorges that dot the vast emptiness of the Kimberley. Marlee Ranacher grew up on the station and she and her husband now manage the property and its 8,000 head of cattle. The mood here is relaxed – you can choose to explore this vast area or join in the daily operations of a genuine working cattle station.

Hosts: Franz & Marlee Ranacher

Accommodation / Meals: A separate block of 12 ensuite rooms, each with double doors opening to the outside, overhead fan, air-conditioning and hairdryer adjoins the homestead. The main homestead is spacious and well designed with enough space for guests to have some privacy or join in with others. Dinner is served in the homestead dining room with top cuisine – or you are welcome to join the station hands and family in the kitchen for a typical station evening. There is a swimming pool at the homestead.

Activities: Activities include exploring the crocodile infested Bullo River, with excellent barramundi Fishing, and where hidden gorges reflect deep red colours and reveal ancient aboriginal rock paintings. Take a helicopter flight to a remote waterfall for a romantic picnic lunch or if you are feeling adventurous take a swag, a bottle of wine and a hamper and spend a night under the stars. Station activities, including mustering (viewed from helicopter or on horse back for riders) are also offered.

Wildlife includes birdlife at Leslie Lake, dingoes, kangaroos and wallabies and up to 500 buffalo are resident on the station. Fly to Port Keats with Franz and spend time with the aboriginal community there; go on a bush tucker walk, catch mud-crabs in the tidal flats (take them home for dinner) or buy locally produced artwork. Franz is a fully qualified and licensed chopper pilot and can take guests elsewhere in the region, notably over Lake Argyle and the Bungle Bungles. Enjoy a Bullo River Gorge boat cruise - a private piece of wilderness, aboriginal rock paintings, a walk or a picnic on the sandbanks.

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