Seven Emu Station. (Gulf of Carpentaria)N.T.

On the Savannah Way, we leave Borroloola behind and head out to Seven Emu Station. Ludwig Leichhardt and his men named Seven Emu Station in 1844. Frank Shadforth owns the station now and his Father “Willi” was the first and only Aborigine to purchase a pastoral lease. In 1953 Willi paid cash for the 1665 square miles of Seven Emu Station, which is a working Cattle Station.(Willie made his money, droving, buying and selling Cattle).

We arrive to find the truck has just been loaded with cattle and it is hard to know, what is the Homestead, offices or Sheds?? We meet Frank and have a bit of a yarn and head of to our Camp site. The cost is $50 per night or $500 and you can stay as long as you like!!! Four Campsites up on the cliff and spread out, Camp site 4 is the best, looking down on to the Robinson River. We thought it was a bit expensive, no power and just a long drop, but it has a million dollar view and $50 per night is cheap!!! It is absolutely stunning, breath taking and no one else around!!! It’s heaven!! Occasionally the bull chaser goes by and that’s it. There are cattle, Roo’s, Horses, Birds and lot’s of Croc’s. Two nights ago they lost one of their pig hunting Dog’s called “patch”, they have GPS trackers on the dog’s, the dog followed the pig into the water and Whoosh, the Croc got the dog!! Last night from the cliff top we were spotting Crocs and in 10 mins we saw 4 Saltwater crocs just on our little patch of river. Two of the croc’s we were watching, came upon each other, they circled each other, hissing & growling, they didn’t fight, but they were definitely warning each other!!! The fish in the river are amazing; we can see Queenies, Barramundi, Mangrove Jack’s, Brim, Mulloways & Garfish (Long Toms). Steve has caught a large Queenie, however still has not caught a barra!!