The Garden (pastoral station)

The Garden

Location in the Northern Territory

Coordinates: 23°17′01″S 134°25′25″E / 23.283605°S 134.423476°E The Garden is a property located 117 kilometres north east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is run by Andy Hayes. The Hayes' run both Hereford and Droughtmaster cattle on the 2,134 square kilometre property.^[1][2][3]

In the 1940s a large poll shorthorn cattle herd was kept on the station.^{[4][5] [6]}

The Trephina Gorge Nature Park,^[7] which includes the popular tourist attractions Trephina Gorge^[8] and John Hayes Waterhole were formerly part of The Garden. The park was protected from 1965 and was then handed back to the Aboriginal traditional owners on 12 June 2009.^[9]

Quad-biking tours currently operate on the station.^[10]

References

1. Jessop, Peter J. "Land Resources of The Garden Station". Territory Stories. Northern Territory Library: Department of Lands Planning & Environment. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
2. Coates, Nathan (31 October 2014). "Alice Springs cattle station, The Garden, fights fire and off-loads stock". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC Rural. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
3. Grant, A. R. (Arthur Russell); Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory. Land Conservation Unit (1986), Pastoral Land Survey of the Hale Plain: The Garden Station, Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, retrieved 14 October 2016
4. "Poll Shorthorn Stud for Central Australia". Chronicle. LXXXIV, (4,818). South Australia. 23 April 1942. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Shorthorn Stud For Alice Springs". The Mail (Adelaide). 31, (1,562). South Australia. 2 May 1942. p. 10. Retrieved 14 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Big Cattle Deals". Centralian Advocate. III, (113). Northern Territory, Australia. 29 July 1949. p. 16. Retrieved 14 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
7. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory (1992), Walks of Trephina Gorge Nature Park, Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, retrieved 14 October 2016
8. "Graceful 'ghosts' of The Centre". The Australian Women's Weekly. 45, (43). Australia, Australia. 29 March 1978. p. 56. Retrieved 14 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "Excursion Guide: Trephina Gorge Nature Park" (PDF). Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
10. "Outback Quad Adventures: Cattle Station Tours". Outback Quad Adventures. Retrieved 6 October 2016.