Gabyon Station Stay

We left Geraldton on Monday heading for the station stay near Yalgoo. 

Passing through Mullewa we stopped to top up with fuel, then continued on to Pindar where we diverted to look at the wreath flowers about 9 KS north of Pindar.

Finding them was easy though they were not out to their full splendour .

 We had lunch outside the old hotel while reading the information panel in the parking area, then onto the station.

Arrived at Gabyon Station Stay early afternoon booked in and got settled.

Our hosts were very welcoming and we were told just grab a junk of dirt and park your van.

Although the amenities are quite basic with heaps of hot hot water in the showers after we lit the donkey (Which is the hot water system for those that don’t know).

The camp kitchen has a wonderful huge wood stove to cook on.

We were invited for happy hour every evening at the homestead which was great.

Here is a link to information about the station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabyon_Station

Because the station is so big all the paddocks have been given a name they range in size from 2,000 to 10,000 acres.  This year’s season has been really good with lots of growth and an abundance of wild flowers.

We can see where the creeks and gullies have run and there is still a lot of water lying around.

Looking at the animal tracks on the dirt roads there is a lot of wildlife in the area though we only saw about 6 Kangaroos all up. 1 Emu and lots of birds.

We were supplied with a map of the station with flower drives marked for 4x4s, hence the named paddocks helped us to keep track of where we were at all times.

This is really old yards made out of tree trunks

Quandong lots of fruit
  

The wind is freezing so coats to keep warm were the order of the day.

The Friday before we arrived Gemma Cripps father had an accident in his Ultra-light thankfully he is ok just bruised and shaken up, the Ultra-light sad to say came out second best.

Some of the sheep they run and breed

We spent 4 very enjoyable days here and would certainly return again for another stay though maybe longer next time.

YAY!!!!

Kathy finally got to be a bit creative and made some cards.