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Latitude22.04046º S 22º 02' 25.66" S
Longitude131.3354º E 131º 20' 7.45" E
Altitude612m
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 Location of Mount Doreen Ruins

From Nirrippi, 114.85kms NE
From Papunya, 142.28kms NW (314kms, 6hrs 55mins driving) Driving Directions
From Alice Springs, 319.32kms NW (347kms, 4hrs 30mins driving) Driving Directions
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 Description of Mount Doreen Ruins

Located just off the Tanami Track in the Northern Territory, the Mt Doreen station ruins provides visitors with an interesting place to explore and even bush camp. The station was named after Doreen Braitling, wife of Bill Braitling who ran the station in the 1920s. The homestead was abandoned due to poor water supply and Bill died in 1959. Doreen moved to Alice Springs and built a name for herself being active in the National Trust. Doreen Braitling died in 1979.

To access the area, go just beyond the rocky outcrops that are similar but smaller than the Devils Marbles, and look out for an unmarked track on the RHS of the road. Once you've found the track follow it around behind the distinctive looking mountain and you can spend half a day exploring before/after setting up camp in the river bed beyond the bore pond about 1.5km from the Tanami Track. Animals use the bore pond so do not camp there.
My mum Erna Goerke was the station cook and my dad the station hand in 1956/57. Bill and Doreen's son Wally I am led to believe, relocated the homestead to Vaughan Springs where water was plentiful. In our time there, Mt Doreen as I remember carried large numbers of cattle, and lots of wild camels. Many aborigines lived and worked on the station, and I have fond memories of their affection and protectiveness of the white station staff, especially us young children. The station was the set off point of an expedition led by Dr. Horseman a philanthopist from the Melbourne Uni and near Lake Mackay in about 1957 were I believe the first white people to have contact with the Pintubi tribe. My dad, Fred Goerke, now 82 and living in Mildura, accompanied the expedition from the station, and actually brought back an aborigine youth for serious campfire burns treatment. A small amount of Wolfram and gold mining was conducted on the hill near the homestead. Supplies were trucked in every few months via Yuendemu Mission from Alice Springs along a very basic dirt track, and was about a weeks return trip for the 300 hundred odd miles each way.

 Images of Mount Doreen Ruins

Great free camp
View looking out from the ruin to Mt Doreen
Mt Doreen
Bore Pond - day use only
Camping in dry season in dry river bed
Ruins around Mt Doreen
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 Weather & Climate for Mount Doreen Ruins

Closest Weather Station

Yuendumu at 09:00 22 Nov CST
Distance from Mount Doreen Ruins 53.65km SE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
23.0°C 23.5°C 67% 16.6°C -hPa 0.0mm SE 9km/h
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Closest Climatic Station

Yuendumu
Distance from Mount Doreen Ruins 53.65km SE
 JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C 36.335.333.430.0 25.122.121.925.0 29.633.035.336.1
Mean Min. °C 22.522.019.715.5 11.17.66.28.4 13.117.019.921.6
Mean Rain mm 66.365.346.123.6 24.213.113.17.9 8.018.931.247.3

 What Others Say about Mount Doreen Ruins

  Wednesday, 2 January 2008   Member - John and Val   RatingRatingRatingRating
A very interesting place to explore. care should be taken near the top of the hill as there are open...
  Wednesday, 31 October 2007   Fred G NSW   RatingRatingRatingRatingRating
Having lived at Mt. Doreen in the 1950's I want to one day visit what remains. I wonder if Bill and ...
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The Tanami Track is essentially a great short-cut linking the Red Centre to the Kimberley. Although once a notorious 4WD track, it is now a graded dirt highway. [Feature Story]

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