The outback of Australia.
Curtain Springs Station is an interesting place. The area is: 416,400 hectares. Acres: 1,028,948 acres. That is a huge area. Curtain Springs Station came into being in 1956 with owners Peter Severin and his wife Dawn (dec) along with their toddler son Ashley and 1,5000 head of cattle settled there. There are 4 generations now living at Curtain Springs Station.
You can read the history [ here ] and the site also shows videos. If you have time and interested it's certainly worth visiting their site to read the history and what they do now.
We stayed there for a couple of nights in the camping area as it is on the way to Ayres Rock (Uluru) a 1 hour and 16 minute drive away. There is no water there but of course there is water underground, if there wasn't you certainly couldn't live there in Central Australia.
Mt. Connor is larger the Ayers Rock (Uluru) Northern Territory and is seen on the way to Uluru. Mt. Connor is 859 m high (2,818 ft) and lies within Curtain Springs Cattle Station. There are many camels in the area too.
These photos are far from Curtain Springs Station.
As you can see by the map, it's in Central Australia, far from towns.
The below photos of Curtain Springs were taken from Google Maps and it gives you some idea what it's like to live in the middle of nowhere with hardly any grass.
A place in the middle of nowhere, indeed.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, this is a beautiful area. My dream was to go to Australia. Too old now. Thank you for sharing the sites.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, I find it curious that there are camels in Australia (the ones from the Three Wise Men 😊). In Argentina, we have camelids, which are important in the country's wildlife, especially in the Andean region and Patagonia. They are: alpaca, llama, and guanaco.
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Dein Bericht ist sehr interessant. Mein Mann möchte im nächsten Jahr mit mir eine Australienreise machen. Er war mehrmals in Australien und möchte mir die Schönheit des Landes zeigen. Er schlug auch vor, ins Landesinnere zu fahren. Ich bin allerdings unsicher. Wir sind schon älter und es wird vielleicht zu anstrengend.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of this place, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteThe area you show from looks exciting, and Mt. Connor is a beautiful mountain. The camels are special animals. Those are beautiful photographs you show.
ReplyDeleteTake care, and have a nice day!
Mount Connor is amazing. I suppose like Ayers Rock, it has significance to local natives.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting.
ReplyDeleteThere are more camels in Australia than in the whole of whole Arabian states.
They certainly can breed and are now exported for meat to the Arabian countries
for food. It is just unbelievable. They were imported for the telegraph pole links
from Adelaide to Darwin and probably for the east to west link.
Miserable weather here and cold on the central coast and also big strong winds causing havoc - no one in the surf and it is as flat as a pancake.
Cheers
Colin
Curtain Springs Station offers a remarkable glimpse into life in the Australian outback, where vast landscapes, rich history, and enduring family heritage meet the rugged beauty of Central Australia.
ReplyDeleteMe gustaría conocerlo. Bello lugar. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteYou take us to some lovely and interesting places Margaret. I shall check the link out when I have caught up. Ayres Rock/Uluru I have heard about my whole life. It's lovely to see it in your photos. I remember watching a lot of TV shows when I was young in the UK about Australia and it was mentioned many times in them. Great photos and thank you for the lovely welcome back.
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