Home Valley Station
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Home Valley or Home Valley Station is a pastoral lease and cattle
station
located along the Gibb River Road
114 kilometres (71 mi) west of Kununurra
in the Kimberley region.
The pastoral lease is currently owned by the Indigenous Land Corporation along with nearby Karunjie Sttion and Durack River Station which together cover an area of 3500000 acres (1,416,401 ha). Home Valley covers a total area of 1400000 hectares (3,459,472 acre) and is bordered to the east by the Pentecost River
from its neighbour El Questro Station
. The station is also known as HV8 which is the stations brand and many of the signage to the station uses the HV8 logo.
Coming into existence in 1957 the pastoral lease was taken up by when Harold MacNamara left Mabel Downs which he had been managing for the Naughtons family. The area had a poor reputation and, along with El Questro Station
, were known as the underworld as a result of the large amount of theft of unbranded calves. MacNamara then sold up to Kevin Stansby, including 700 head of cattle, and returned to work for the Naughtons on Texas Downs.
The station has been open for tourism
since 2006 and offers a range of accommodation to visitors, following a major renovation in 2008 it was converted to a holiday resort. The accommodation and homestead overlook Bindoola Creek which is lined with Boab
trees and has views of the Cockburn Range.
Cattle
Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
station
Station (Australian agriculture)
Station is the term for a large Australian landholding used for livestock production. It corresponds to the North American term ranch or South American estancia...
located along the Gibb River Road
Gibb River Road
The Gibb River Road is a former cattle route that stretches almost through The Kimberley between the Western Australian town of Derby and the Kununurra and Wyndham junction of the Great Northern Highway. Like its namesake, which does not actually cross the road but runs nearby at , it is named...
114 kilometres (71 mi) west of Kununurra
Kununurra, Western Australia
Kununurra is a town in far northern Western Australia located at the eastern extremity of the Kimberley Region approximately from the border with the Northern Territory. Kununurra was initiated to service the Ord River Irrigation scheme....
in the Kimberley region.
The pastoral lease is currently owned by the Indigenous Land Corporation along with nearby Karunjie Sttion and Durack River Station which together cover an area of 3500000 acres (1,416,401 ha). Home Valley covers a total area of 1400000 hectares (3,459,472 acre) and is bordered to the east by the Pentecost River
Pentecost River
Pentecost River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.The river rises below the Durack Range and flows North through El Questro Station where it meets with the Chamberlain River, then continues north crossing the Gibb River Road, skirts the eastern edge of Drysdale River National...
from its neighbour El Questro Station
El Questro Wilderness Park
El Questro Wilderness Park is a privately owned Wilderness park that was previously a cattle station located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.The park is located West of Kununurra and can be accessed by the Gibb River Road....
. The station is also known as HV8 which is the stations brand and many of the signage to the station uses the HV8 logo.
Coming into existence in 1957 the pastoral lease was taken up by when Harold MacNamara left Mabel Downs which he had been managing for the Naughtons family. The area had a poor reputation and, along with El Questro Station
El Questro Wilderness Park
El Questro Wilderness Park is a privately owned Wilderness park that was previously a cattle station located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.The park is located West of Kununurra and can be accessed by the Gibb River Road....
, were known as the underworld as a result of the large amount of theft of unbranded calves. MacNamara then sold up to Kevin Stansby, including 700 head of cattle, and returned to work for the Naughtons on Texas Downs.
The station has been open for tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
since 2006 and offers a range of accommodation to visitors, following a major renovation in 2008 it was converted to a holiday resort. The accommodation and homestead overlook Bindoola Creek which is lined with Boab
Boab
Adansonia gregorii, commonly known as the boab, it is a tree in the family Malvaceae. As with other baobabs, it is easily recognised by the swollen base of its trunk, which gives the tree a bottle-like appearance. Endemic to Australia, boab occurs in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and...
trees and has views of the Cockburn Range.