- Ningaloo Station
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Ningaloo Station is a sheep station located in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia about 40 km North of Coral Bay. It is bordered to the north by Cape Range National Park.[1]
The station has an area of approximately 50,000 hectares and offer accommodation to travellers to the area in the form of camp-sites.[2]
In 2008 a rally of over 300 people to protest the against the Department of Environment and Conservation move to take over the management of camping along the station's pristine coastline. The Lefroy family, who have held the lease on the station for 86 years, were shocked at only being given five days to hand over management of its camp-sites.[3]
The station is located adjacent to Ningaloo Reef as are Gnaraloo Station to the North and Carbadabia Station and Warroora Station to the South.
See also
References
- ^ "Draft Carnarvon Coastal Strategy". 2011-06-05. http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/Initiatives/Ningaloo+Coast/Related+publications/CarnarvonCoastalStrategy.pdf?id=1447.
- ^ "Ningaloo Station". 2011-06-05. http://www.ningaloostation.com.au/index.html.
- ^ "ABC Rural - Tourists rally to stop State from running Ningaloo station camp sites". 2011-06-05. http://www.abc.net.au/rural/wa/content/2006/s2300334.htm.
Coordinates: 22°58′40″S 113°49′18″E / 22.97778°S 113.82167°E
Categories:- Homesteads in Western Australia
- Gascoyne
- Pastoral leases in Western Australia
- Station (Australian agriculture)
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