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Melangata STATION STAY Situated in the Yalgoo region of WA, this sheep station has a unique heritage-listed homestead and offers various types of accommodation from campgrounds with basic facilities to a Homestead Dinner, Bed and Breakfast package. Tag-along, walking and homestead tours and camp oven cooking classes available. For more info & booking, contact Jo on (08) 9963 7777 or email melangatastationstay@gmail.com melangatastationstay.com.au It helps that the station stay is in prime wildflower country, says Shelly. Mellenbye offers numerous self-drive trails on the property so guests can witness an explosion of colour in season. “The wildflowers have been absolutely awesome this year. There are a few that are not marked, but there is certainly a lot to see, even just around the homestead and camping areas.” Like Mellenbye, Melangata Station Stay began its life as a sheep station, taken up for pastoral lease and continuing to operate as a working sheep station to this day. Located in the Yalgoo region, between the Murchison and the mid-west, the station has a unique homestead that was designed by the Priest John Hawes, who spent over 20 years in the Geraldton Diocese and is responsible for the design and construction of many buildings in the area. There are a number of different contained shearers quarters, so guests can opt for their preferred level of luxury. If wildlife is what you’re in the Outback for, Melangata is a haven for it — home to over 40 different species of birds, and also hopping mice, fat-tailed dunnarts, and micro bats. Opt for a guided station tour and sundowner trip to discover the most spectacular areas on the station. Like many other stations in the area, it’s right in the thick of wildflower country, and is best experienced from August to October. accommodation options from unpowered bush sites, bed and breakfast rooms in the homestead, cottage accommodation, and self

“We’ve got a couple of dance floors in the shearing quarters, with disco lights, a music area, a bar area, and we can accommodate about 110.” With diverse settings, guests have the option of experiencing life in the converted shearers quarters or to stay in glamping tents, cottages, cabins, apartments, motel style suites or at the campground.

It’s giving people that real sort of outback experience.”

STATION STAY MELLENBYE Experience the wide open spaces, dark night skies and expansive wildflower displays in season, including the famous wreath flower. Mellenbye is a working cattle station in the Yalgoo/Morawa district, just 4.5 hours drive from Perth and just 6.5 km off the bitumen. Offering an extensive range of accommodation, camp ground and unique function area, Mellenbye is the perfect holiday destination for your station stay experience or to host your special function.

Open from Easter until early October. To find out more and to book, go to www.mellenbye.com.au

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