Imagine sitting by your campfire as a vivid, red sun sets over a timeless Outback landscape. Parrots chatter in nearby Coolabah trees as the purple dusk creeps across a cloudless sky. This is Kilcowera Station - a stunning contrast of mulga rangelands and ephemeral wetlands brimming with birdlife in South West Queensland. Halfway along the Dowling Track, Kilcowera is adjacent to the RAMSAR listed Currawinya NP and offers exceptional views and access to Lake Wyara.
While this is truly a bird-watchers' paradise, other animals to be seen include Red Kangaroos and Eastern Greys, the Western Grey Kangaroo, Wallaroos, Emus, Lizards, Echidnas, Yabbies and small carnivorous marsupials.
Testimonial: "A wonderfully presented destination, the information / interpretation is great. We especially enjoyed our self drive tour of Kilcowera and the fabulous camp oven meal. Thank you for your hospitality, warm welcome and for sharing your magnificent property with us" Barney and Lyn Anders from the Gold Coast.
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Your Hosts:
Greg and Toni Sherwin have lived on, owned and cared for Kilcowera for 28 years. They have 2 adult daughters who are often home to help with the mustering or bringing friends home to enjoy the outback lifestyle. In recent years Greg & Toni have opened the gates to visitors and enjoy showing them around their working cattle station.
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Campers and caravanners are in for a treat as the main campground is set among lush green lawns and trees surrounding the quarters. There is a true bush camp kitchen, BBQ’s, fireplaces and wood supplied. Bathrooms, toilets and laundry facilities are nearby and power is available, you can even bring your pet! Cost for camping at the quarters is $30 per vehicle per night (maximum 4 people, $5 per extra person).
A more remote campground is the Youlaingee Spring area, about 5 km from Lake Wyara and 25 kms from the homestead. Visitors have a long drop toilet, access to fresh bore water, a waterhole and a ten thousand star night sky. You will need a high clearance vehicle to access this campground. Rate for bush camping is $25 per vehicle per night (maximum 4 people, $5 per extra person).Things to Do:
Guests can be as laid back or as busy as they choose to be, with the guided or self guided tours around the property a good place to start – a way to get the feel of the place. Get your 4WD off the beaten track and check out Murderers Bore in our Lake paddock or maybe the Dingo Barrier fence.
There are bushwalking trails, superb bird watching and photographic opportunities, yabbies to be caught in the lagoon, dam or waterholes. Visitors can look in on the stock work, usually done in April or May.
Then there’s the wildlife spotting, learning about the different flora in the mulga rangelands and to wind down, the stars are breathtaking in the outback especially if you’re sitting around your own campfire having a beverage with friends.
Kilcowera is ideally situated for day trips to the nearby towns of Thargomindah, Hungerford, Eulo, Toompine, Yowah opal fields and Leopardwood mine. Currawinya and Bindegolly National parks are also just a short drive away.
Getting Here:
Kilcowera is one hours drive (90 kilometers) south of Thargomindah on the well maintained, mainly gravel, Dowling Track and is usually assessable by conventional vehicle as well as 4 WD. However some of the station tracks require a high clearance vehicle. If you are driving up from the south, Kilcowera is 80 kilometers from Hungerford, about one hours drive.
By Air : Airstrip Co ordinates 28 41' South and 143 55' East. Kilcowera is 40 nautical miles south of Thargomindah and has 2 airstrips available for light planes.
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