Ningaloo Station

Thanks for that murray, we camped at Warroora (Warah?) a couple of years ago and thought we might try Ningaloo the next time just for a change. Might give it a miss.

Mark, is that the station owners or DEC that have locked the place up?

On a slightly different note we found not all the goats are wandering around munching grass. Some of them have found out you can hire small vans with a lot of scribble on the side. One of them very nearly had his holiday ended there and then by pulling out onto the highway about 50 meters in front of my loaded Cruiser ute with a 2500 kg van behind traveling at about 90 kph.

Cheers
Pop

Pop its the station owner who has instigated this, Murray has a point there also in that if u wish to go to another beach on the station u have to obtain a different key, i could not believe wot i saw down there not having been there for 4 years even though i live locally, having camped there on and off for many years in the summer i dont think its worth the effort to camp there anymore.

Cheers
Mark

Cheers Mark, I knew DEC were locking a lot of that coast. Didn't know the stations were doing it too

Pop

yes thats right Kev, by 2015 DEC will take a strip of coastal land approximately 2 kilometres wide from Ningaloo Station south to Quobba Station, then who knows what they will do with it.

Cheers
Mark

From what I have read in 2015 all pastoral leases in WA will expire. DEC will try to acquire as many as possible and only those that are actively being farmed will be able to reapply getting only a 25 year lease rather than the previous 99 year leases.

I believe DEC is attempting to acquire the 2km of the entire WA coastline. Might be a bit over dramatic but it just seems that way.

All this land kept aside for future generations to wonder what is there.

There is so much of WA I am disappointed when I hear of it being locked away.

Serendipity

Thanks Gotlost and Serendipity. But do DEC have a record of locking up and denying entry? I thought they tended towards some development, a self registration kiosk and entry and camping charges.
Cheers,
Kevin

its just scaremongering. far far far more of australia is locked away as either aboriginal land or pastoral land often the only places you can visit is the DEC areas. Alot of area has been opened up for visitors over the last few years where previously there was no access

an example is access to the western side of the Kennadey ranges which used to be no access until DEC aquired part of the station there allowing access. There are also a growing number of stations NE of Perth which were previously signed as keep out but are now DEC owned

Hi Michelle,

Saw a few of those odd looking animals, half sheep, half goat when we were up there in 09. Never heard a name for them though, so thank you for mentioning them. Geep - love it!

Cheers,

Val

heehee - and I think it is spelled "Gheep".

Hi Gina,
Yardie Creek is easy to cross i had no problems, if we have cyclonic rains between now and the end of the cyclone season it will close Yardie Creek, from Winderabandi via Yardie Creek to Exmouth is definately the way to go, the track to Yardie from Winderabandi is heavily corrugated and has always been in my 12 years here, one thing i noticed on my trip Saturday was the Ningaloo Station road from the Exmouth/Minilya Road was out right dangerous, half way along the road were sand drifts, boggy and there also were drop offs from the build up of sand, evidently there had been a fire go through there last March, if i was towing a trailer or caravan i would be taking it easy and slow to avoid damage.

Regards
Mark

thanks for the info, we wont be towing anything to exmouth just along the original track from the homestead to the camp, but i have herd its very bad so we will be taking it easy.

thanks again
Gina