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Farm stays
Muster your
muscle to
drive sales
Australia and New Zealand offer spectacular options
for customers looking to go back to nature and get
their hands dirty, says Debbie Ward
I
f the film Australia has inspired your its landscapes can be experienced through a Bullo River
clients to try to be like Nicole Kidman host of activities, including walks through No fewer than 9,000 head of cattle roam
or Hugh Jackman on one of the vast gorges, barramundi fishing in the river and Bullo River cattle station in the north-west
livestock stations down under, the good horse-rides over savannah plains and rocky of Australia’s Northern Territory where the
news is there are several working ranches ridges. Would-be drovers can help round up landscape is dotted with distinctive chunky
and farms bookable through UK operators 2,000 head of cattle at a “mini-muster”. boab trees and Aboriginal rock painting sites.
that offer tourists the chance to get involved. The station is owned by the Indigenous The all-inclusive tariff at Bullo River in-
Whether their fantasy is mustering cattle Land Corporation, which supports employ- cludes plenty of activities. Guests can take a
in Australia or feeding lambs in New ment training for Aboriginal people. gorge cruise to fish or spot crocodiles and be-
Zealand they can be sure of doing so in some Sample package: Audley Travel offers a tween May and October (with prior booking)
spectacular natural backdrops. two-week trip to Australia taking in Darwin, can watch or even help with mustering,
Broome and Perth. It includes three nights’ when cattle are rounded up, or bull catching
full board in Home Valley Station’s luxurious – during which the males are nudged off
AUSTRALIA.
new Grass Castle accommodation, a cattle their feet by 4x4 vehicles.
Home Valley Station mustering experience and a scenic flight to Sample package: Kuoni offers 14 nights in
Home Valley Station in the east Kimberley the Bungle Bungle range. The price, from Australia, staying three nights each at the
region of Western Australia was one of the £3,245, includes all flights and transfers. Medina in Darwin, Bullo River in Ku-
film locations for Australia. Spectacularly ■
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located at the base of the Cockburn Range, ■
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