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.

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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!

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