Emu Creek Station
Emu Creek or Emu Creek Station is a pastoral lease and cattle station located approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) east of Coral Bay and 180 kilometres (112 mi) south east of Exmouth in the Ashburton-Gascoyne area of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The property was established in 1891 as Wogoola Station, named for the permanent waterhole not far from the homestead site. In 1962 the station became Nyang under new management. In 2006 it was renamed Emu Creek.
The property originally occupied an area of 202,343 hectares (500,000 acres). Initially sheep were run at Wogoola and some 20,000 were pastured and shorn in the early years.[1] Emu Creek now occupies an area of 130,000 hectares (321,237 acres) and has a carrying capacity of 1,590 head of cattle.[2]
Emu Creek runs a Bureau of Meteorology weather station, which in 2014 recorded 67 days with temperatures over 40 °C (104 °F).[3] It was also a popular point of interest for tourists and campers for its permanent water hole and the historic Nyang Woolshed, a stop on the Wool Wagon Pathway. As of 2022[update] new management of the station has closed access to the public.[4]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "About Emu Creek Station". Emu Creek Station. 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "'Emu Creek Station', Yannarie WA 6710". allhomes.com.au. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ Liam Croy (2 July 2014). "Meet Emu Creek's hottest couple". The West Australian. Yahoo7. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Mining billionaire 'Twiggy' Forrest snaps up Pilbara cattle stations for green energy production". ABC News. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.