For anyone who may have visited Wooleen Station on a camping trip may have had a wonderful time but left feeling that maybe the bathroom facilities could be just a little better. Well never fear! Wooleen has just finished installing its new toilets and showers. And to go with them…. a brand spanking new electric hot water system that will make you scream (as we were previously told by a guest that “Yes there was hot water, but it wouldn’t make you scream”)

We also have 3 new sinks for washing up anything you like, in fact you could probably get in them and do a few laps if you wanted!

Our camp kitchen has got a stove, plenty of utensils and space for chopping up all your dinner needs.

Please come along and test it all out. We hope to see you soon!

Gascoyne Murchison Outback Pathways

The Gascoyne Murchison Outback Pathways is the best way to explore and travel the wonders of this region. Providing ready access to the brilliant red landscape each pathway has interpretive sites which offer travelers information, history and photographs to enrich the experience.

The pathways consist of three routes, The Wool Wagon Pathway, The Miners Pathway and the King Ford Smith Mailrun each offering a unique experience through out different areas of the Region.

Full of interesting information the Wooleen Wool Shed features as site number 6 on the Wool Wagon Pathway with 2 interpretive sites explaining the shed, its history and its fate. 

The pathways come with a full colour 175 page guide book and CD. The book offers further stories and history plus stunning photography by Samille Mitchell Grab a copy to assist with your holiday and then keep the book as a beautiful momento of the trip. Books can be purchased from the Department of Environment and Conservation here or from Visitor Centres in the area. Visit The Outback Pathways for more information.

ContactWooleen Station for further information or to purchase a copy of the Gascoyne Murchison Pathways.

Location of the Pathways in WA

The 1930 A Model Phaton Ford

On the 25th of April Brett Pollock and his team will begin The Slow Drive in an A Model Ford across Australia to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctors Service and create awareness of outback tourism.

The drive will start in Gladstone, Qld and finish in Perth, WA. Brett purchased the A model (pictured left) earlier in the year from Graham Wilson in Gladstone who has restored and looked after the car for many years. Brett has been on the look out for an A model for some time as it was the first car owned and driven around Wooleen Station in 1928.

The trip is 4700 kilometres through outback regions and will hopefully be completed in 14 days. Working with Dessert Knowledge Brett hopes to promote outback travel – If he can do it in an 80 year old car, SO CAN YOU!

The trip is dedicated to the RFDS and all the help and support they give to saving lives everyday. You can donate to the cause online or if your lucky enough to see Brett on the road you can donate then. You never know when you may need their help!

So visit The Slow Drive and support a great and exciting cause. You may even see the car at Wooleen one day soon!

Wooleen Lake: Settle your chair in and relax at dusk.

The recent rain from Cyclone Dominic in January has turned the usually dry lake bed of Wooleen Lake into a wet wealth of life.

Wooleen Lake is approx. 5000 ha and has now been transformed into a wetland oasis. The flora surrounding the lake has already turned brilliant green contrasting with the red earth.

Bird life is flocking in from near and far for the coming nesting season. Some of these include swans, pelicans, herons, ibis, terns, countless ducks and many more, a full list of birds can be found here.

As well as birds the lake also comes to life with all sorts of crustaceans, frogs, turtles and fish whose eggs lay dormant in the dry lake bed until water arrives.

The water should remain for up to 10 months and is definitely not a  site to be missed!

Cyclone Dominic crossed the coast in Onslow on the 27th of January, 2009 bringing significant rains with it, some of which fell in the Murchison. Wooleen Station only recieved 11mm out of the fall while stations further north have reported recieveing up to 170mm in a single fall!

The Murchison River has recieved large amounts of rain in its basin area of 82000 square kilometres and is now flowing. 36 kilometres of the river flows through Wooleen. As well as the Murchison River, the Rodderick River has also recieved heavy fall within it’s catchment and is flowing. The Rodderick river terminates as the Wooleen Lake and so an average coverage of water on the lake is expected to bring many bird species out for nesting.

Come Walkabout on Wooleen

Sometimes we have to get lost to find ourselves. Sometimes we gotta go WALKABOUT.

The release of Baz Lurhmann’s “Australia” has created much hype and interest in the Australia outback over the world.

“Australia” is Baz Luhrmann’s first feature film since 2001 musical success Moulin Rouge! The highly anticipated film centres on an English aristocrat in the 1930s, played by Nicole Kidman, who comes to northern Australia to sell a cattle property the size of Belgium. After an epic journey across the country with a rough-hewn drover, Hugh Jackman, they are caught in the bombing of Darwin during World War II. Filming began late April 2007, concluded December 19th 2007 and was released in November 2008.

The rich colour palette and unique landscape of the Australian outback is truley amazing and has inspired many people to come and see it for themselves. Lady Ashley is captivated by the red magic of the land and aborginal people in the movie – and you can be to!

Tourism Australia has used the movie extensively in a marketing campaign to attract visitation to Australia. Tourism Australia’s Managing Director Geoff Buckley said the unique opportunity created by the production of Luhrmann’s epic film Australia was one the organization could not let pass.

“We knew that this huge film would create a wave of publicity that would put the country in the spotlight around the globe,” he said. “And we found that the film’s story had a remarkable resonance for what we do marketing the country as a travel destination.

As Nullah, the small aboriginal child in the film, states: “Sometimes we have to get lost to find ourselves. Sometimes we gotta go WALKABOUT.” So we at Wooleen invite you to come and experience the true Australia Outback at it’s best.

Come WALKABOUT on Wooleen.

Facebook - Social Networking

Wooleen Station has just become a member of the social-networking site Facebook.

Joining has enabled us to offer guests another level of interaction and a place to trade comments and experiences, upload photo’s and give us their opinions!

Facebook is free to join if your not signed up and a great way to keep in touch with family and friends! For everyone who is a member search for Friends of Wooleen and join us on Facebook today!

We’ve taken the opportunity to update our website. Please leave a comment and let us know what you think.