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We are closed due to heavy rains that have raised the river level and created a risk of flooding. We will keep you updated on our reopening.
This Is Our Story
The story of Elsey Station begins in 1879, when Abraham Wallace secured the first pastoral claim in the area. Traveling from New South Wales, Wallace and his nephew J.H. Palmer purchased 2,728 head of cattle at Bowen in Queensland. They drove the herd around the Gulf and down the Roper River to Stanley Billabong at Warloch Ponds, a site named after the surveyor Gilbert McMinn’s horse. Here, Elsey Station was established.
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