Fraser Range Sheep station - Day 1

Fraser range sheep station is 100kms east of Norseman & was first settled by the Dempster brothers in 1872 making Fraser range the first station founded on Nullarbor plain. In years gone by shepherds moved the sheep each week (over 110 years ago) from flat to flat to eventually end up back@ the Fraser range homestead for the annual shearing. What a lonely & hard life it must have been.

 

Fraser range sign

 

Fraser range sign on highway

 

General store

 

Camp kitchen

 

Lovely tree in the gardens

 

Colourful gardens

 

Fraser range landscape

 

Rustic relic of years gone by

 

Darbys den

 

Darbys backpackers accommodation

 

Gorgeous old stone shearers quarters

 

Tin shed

 

Camp fire

 

How many tinnies have been drunk around this camp fire!!!

 

Bob checking out the grounds

 

Old shearing shed

 

Sheep yards

 

Old boot outside shearing shed

 

Old tanks near shearing shed

 

Shearing shed

 

Down by the Todd creek !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bob ready for Happy hour

 

BAAAAA BARA the pet lamb (only 4 months old) & rides on the quad bike with owner

 

Sunset over the landscape

 

Sunset

 

Sunset