LAURIE NOWELL goes Outback for a safari holiday
LAURIE NOWELL goes Outback for a safari holiday that blends Kakadu with the Kimberley Escape, Sunday Herald Sun, June 24, 2007 PUNGALINA Station must be one of Australia’s best-kept secrets. In the Northern Territory’s famous Gulf country, it is a natural paradise unspoilt by humans. A former cattle station that failed because its terrain was too rugged to allow the productive mustering of cattle, Pungalina has been reborn as a wilderness destination. The ruggedness and remoteness that contributed to its failure as a cattle operation are Pungalina’s key assets as a place to escape...
Read MoreIndependent Retiree Article – A Wildnerness Paradise
Independent Retiree Article June 2007. “What is it about Pungalina Station in the Northern Territory and its remote safari camp that makes it a “must do” for anyone with a love of the real Australian outback?” “For me it is the opportunity to immerse myself in pristine Australian wilderness and soak up the atmosphere away from the constraints of urban living. It is also the adventure of doing this not otherwise available to me … fishing for barra, canoeing through steep red gorges, dropping 50 metres into a cave that was only recently discovered by white...
Read MoreRecreational Aviation Australia Article
Article published Recreational Aviation Australia 24 – July 2007. Although Pungalina Station is now closed, there are beautiful wilderness regions in Australia’s gulf country in our air tours – that will fit any recreational activity. “When Tony Kirkhope rang and offered me a trip to his Pungalina Station in a remote part of the Northern Territory, I leapt at the opportunity. I was retiring, for the third time, on the Thursday and he was leaving on the Friday. I couldn’t think of a better way of putting the past 18 somewhat gruelling months of 16 hour days behind me and...
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