It’s the large personification of wilderness beauty and heartbreak– a sweeping western NSW livestock station that is, by turns, dry no-man’s land and lush waterbird haven, home to ancient Native artefacts, the ghostly trail of Burke and Wills and now the country’s newest national forest.
Bottom line:
- Narriearra station is the state’s largest single-land purchase for preservation
- The area is home to 25 threatened species and valuable wetlands
- Narriearra has significant Aboriginal artefacts and campsites utilized by Burke and Wills
” It can be excellent and then it can be repellent,” said Costs O’Connor, 84, owner of Narriearra station, which has just end up being the biggest block of private land bought for a national park in the state’s history.
With close-by Sturt National Park, Narriearra will develop a sanctuary of near to half a million hectares, or twice the size of the Australian Capit