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Bullara Station finishes better-than-expected tourist season after cyclone
Bullara Station, a cattle property and tourist stay in Western Australia, has recovered enough to finish a better-than-expected tourist season seven months after Cyclone Narelle.
The cyclone brought destructive winds and flooding to the property near Exmouth Gulf, leaving it without clean water or power for weeks.
More than two metres of floodwater covered parts of the station, damaging infrastructure across its 100,000 hectares.
The owners and their team reopened to tourists just weeks later, despite the extensive damage and the strain of rebuilding.
The cattle are now healthy and the land is producing feed again, offering a positive sign for the station after the disaster.
The tourist season has ended, and the owners say they plan to rest and hope they will not face another such event.
Bullara Station has finished a better-than-expected tourist season, seven months after Cyclone Narelle caused severe damage.
The outback cattle station in the Exmouth Gulf was left without clean water and power for weeks, with more than two metres of floodwater across its land.
The station reopened to tourists just weeks after the cyclone, thanks to the work of its team.
Owner Edwina Shallcross said the cattle were healthy and the station’s feed had recovered.
The season ended earlier this month, with the final tourists departing and the last cattle sent to market.
- Who
- Bullara Station, an outback cattle station and tourist stay, and its owners Edwina and Tim Shallcross.
- What
- The station finished a better-than-expected tourist season after Cyclone Narelle caused extensive damage.
- When
- Seven months after the cyclone; the tourist season ended earlier this month.
- Where
- Bullara Station in the Exmouth Gulf, 1,200 kilometres north of Perth.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Cyclone Narelle brought destructive winds and flooding to Bullara Station.
Bullara Station reopened to tourists.
The station finished trucking out its cattle.
The tourist season ended, and the last cattle were sent to market.
- Cyclone
- Narelle
- Property size
- 100,000 hectares
- Floodwater
- More than two metres
- Distance from Perth
- 1,200 kilometres north
- Tourist reopening
- Just weeks after the cyclone
What people are saying
The cost to the business has been really extensive, and of course the emotional and physical pressures that come with something like it, it's been a lot.
We're so grateful and proud of all our team; they've just stood by us and been really incredible
Last week we finished trucking out our cattle, and the silver linings are those shiny healthy Droughtmasters
We're looking forward to a bit of relaxing now, and hopefully we don't have to go through that again.