• The Landscape
Photos and description of the landscape of the property. Some of the photo's on this page are part of Judy Cullen's collection.
Sturt National Park covers a large area of 310 364ha in the arid north west corner of
New South Wales. It comprises a range of landforms including gibber or Mitchell
grass plain (depending on the weather), the Grey Range or `Jump Up' country,
granite hills near Tibooburra, the stabilised red sand dunes of the Strezlecki Desert
and riverine woodlands.
New South Wales. It comprises a range of landforms including gibber or Mitchell
grass plain (depending on the weather), the Grey Range or `Jump Up' country,
granite hills near Tibooburra, the stabilised red sand dunes of the Strezlecki Desert
and riverine woodlands.
New South Wales. It comprises a range of landforms including gibber or Mitchell
grass plain (depending on the weather), the Grey Range or `Jump Up' country,
granite hills near Tibooburra, the stabilised red sand dunes of the Strezlecki Desert
and riverine woodlands.
New South Wales. It comprises a range of landforms including gibber or Mitchell
granite hills near Tibooburra, the stabilised red sand dunes of the Strezlecki Desert
and riverine woodlands
 

Binerah Downs covered an area of 126,300 acres in the arid north west corner of New South Wales.

 

It comprised a range of landforms including gibber or Mitchell grass plains (depending on the weather) to part of the Grey Range and the stabilised red sand dunes of the Strezlecki Desert.

 

The Great Dingo Fence

 

The Great Dingo Fence formed part of the boundary of Binerah Downs and is the "back" fence to the property. This photo shows the red sand dunes of the Strezlecki desert which formed part of Binerah Downs.

 

Looking East from the Homestead showing the Gibber Plains

 

The above photo is looking East from the homestead and shows the Gibber Plains as well as part of the Grey Ranges where the white "mark" on the photo can be identified as what is known as the Basin. The Basin is a natural formation of Gypsum.

Kangaroo's can be seen in the foreground which also gives you a view of the vegetation which is mainly Mitchell Grass and Saltbush.

 

The Basin

 

This is another photo of the basin and the centre of the photo shows a dry flood plain for the creek that runs through it. The creek can be defined by the strong growth of trees towards the back of the photo.
 

Sheep Grazing

 

The above photo shows sheep grazing on Binerah Downs in a paddock known as the Stony or House Paddock.

 

An aerial photo of the house dam.

 

The above photo shows the house dam after a good rain. It also shows the layout of the buildings on the property. The large building in the middle with the black spot is the "workshop" with the mens quarters to the right of it. The homestead is the building with the "pinkish" coloured roof in front of the photo with the small white roof building being the "meathouse" where meat was hung after butchering. The building to the far left is the "old" blacksmith's shop. Beyond the old blacksmith's shop, you can just make out the cattle yards.