CALM or DBCA pastoral stations

There are a significant number of pastoral properties that have been purchased or acquired by these government departments over the years.

The reasons are reasonably justified in the most, owing to rangelands degeneration and the need to de stock and revegetate in an attempt to restore a balance of mostly the natural grasses and some scrub/trees

Whilst some are in the process of been actively managed (for environmental reasons as above), and in some cases the public is encouraged to visit and free camp for a short period, often at the old homesteads but not always.

Others we have visited (that we know of) are an absolute disgrace with what was generations of families, and their livelihoods now simply owned by these department but left to disintegrate to nature. Buildings and infrastructure left falling apart.

It would be gut wrenching for the previous owners to see their homesteads and generational history and dreams rotting away.

This post is not intended to start a debate on this situation however I am starting to compile a list of the ones we know of or have visited simply because we like to go there and soak in the history.

It's actually quite sobering to see the abandoned houses, chook pens, vege gardens, child's play area, water sources etc succumbing to nature. We simply walk around soaking it in and putting ourselves back in time. Leaving only footprints and taking photographs

Would members like to add some of these properties they know of ?