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Tobermorey


Coordinates: 22°16′26″S 137°58′26″E / 22.274°S 137.974°E / -22.274; 137.974 (Tobermorey)

Tobermorey Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory.

The property is situated approximately 143 kilometres (89 mi) east of Alpurrurulam in the Northern Territory and 233 kilometres (145 mi) west of Mount Isa in Queensland. The property is bounded to the north by Manners Creek Station, to the west by Marqua Station, to the west and south by Atnetye Aboriginal Land Trust and to the east by the Queensland border. Several watercourses flow through the property including Field River, Manners Creek and Marqua Creek. The Plenty Highway passes through the northern end of the station near to the homestead.

Capable of carrying approximately 15,000 head of cattle Tobermorey occupies an area of 5,994 square kilometres (2,314 sq mi), it is approximately 180 kilometres (112 mi) in length and 40 kilometres (25 mi) wide. The southern portion of Tobermorey is red soil with areas of sandhills, lightly timbered and supporting areas of buffel grass around the watercourses. The northern section is open plain country timbered with Mulga and Gidyea and covered with Mitchell grass and other herbage.


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