Camping on a Station

Many stations now offer camping to those wandering through the outback. They vary greatly in facilities and setting but we love them.

Mt Florance Homestead and outbuildings were normal except that the surroundings were green from the large dump of rain a month before. Normally you would camp on red earth.

You have to expect that every piece of equipment, left over metal and general "good stuff " as John sees it, is simply left lying where it stopped or fell off the truck.

I loved the curved rooves on the old sheds.

The homestead is tucked in these trees.

The camp ground could cope with about ten vans. They were quite excited that last week they had 27 people including children. Two sites were used by people who had been coming to the station for twelve years to help with cattle work and look after the park. We have discovered there are many of these people who live for very little in these places for the dry.

The toilet, showers and communal fireplace.

Naturally there is no garbage collection so the solution is a hole on the other side of the fence that you throw bags in and when it is full it is filled in and a new hole dug.

Imagine the silence of the night and the stars!

After leaving the Station we visited Hamersley Gorge.

It was stunning and with very few people there it was very peaceful.



The walk down and up was worth it.

We then got to drive through Rio Tinto Gorge. I guess when you seal the road through a very narrow, one way gorge you can call it after yourself!