StratfordCountry are inclusive stay&tour package, exclusively for fully self-contained caravanners. ...
Stratford Country
STRATFORD STATION, Blackall, QLD
Stratford Country is offering immersive guided tours of its past – Indigenous and Pioneer – and present – female-led modern beef production, through scheduled ‘all-inclusive stay and tour weekends’ exclusively for self-contained caravanners.
Just off the now fully sealed Jericho Road north of Blackall in central west Queensland, Stratford is a working cattle property with significant Indigenous assets and a flourishing, regenerative grazing enterprise.
Guided by Traditional Custodian Barry Riddiford and property owner/manager Robyn Adams, the stay and tour guests will experience a deep nuanced interpretation of ancient enduring Aboriginal Cultural practices and society. As the day closes, guests look skyward and learn about the Dreamtime Stories as seen in the stars.
The second tour further explores the grazing property and the artefacts of Stratford’s pioneers including old bore and hotel sites, whilst seeing how beef cattle are ethically raised in Australia’s vast rangelands.
In open woodlands of native grasses and pink sands, Stratford Country Jamba (Camp) is by a dry ephemeral lake. Amenities here include hot shower, toilet, dump-ezy, potable fresh water direct from the property bore and rubbish bins, with harvested fallen timber available for lakeside fires and guests’ replenishment. The tours from morning to early afternoon allow for later ‘walkabouts’ with an extensive bird list on request.
Guests enjoy a hearty smoko-brunch mid-tour ‘in the paddock’ and cater for themselves elsewise.
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Stratford Country
StratfordCountry are inclusive stay&tour package, exclusively for fully self-contained caravanners. From camping grounds - Jamba- beside White Lake, two tagalong tours around this working cattle property depart early morning and arrive back early afternoon. After resting or u2018walkaboutu2019, your guides Barry and Robyn return for sunset and expansive night sky u2018readsu2019. nThe first tour explores where Wadjabangayi People lived, harvested and hunted. From Crucifix Swamp - Purilla - for native rice, nardoo, spear trees and good game in the wet season; we travel up to the Escarpment u2013 Bangku. An important Aboriginal Cultural Heritage site, artefacts and remains abound - fireplaces, flints and grinding stones to the cavesu2019 many layered and coloured stencils and artwork. All around, useful plants, for food, medicines, cleaning, cooking, painting and tool/utensil-making; + ochre grounds and walls, native wells, look-outs and seasonal shelters. As a Traditional custodian and guide, Barry leads revelations of how the Wadjabangayi lived well. nDay Two is about discovering relics of Stratford Countryu2019s Pioneer Past - old hand-dug well, earth dam with Chinese stonework, broken windmills, survey trees, and old grave and hotel site. Throughout owner/manager/pastoralist/guide Robyn Adams details her breeder enterprise and modern holistic approach to raising and grazing cattle.