Where can I go for an outback farm experience within Western Australia?

Question

I will be coming to WA for 2 weeks and would like to stay on a ranch. Where can I do this?

Answer 1

WA is so big that I guess it depends on what part you will be going to and how far "outback" you intend to go.  There are plenty of bush areas surrounding the city of Perth that most likely provide farmstays, but if you would like to get as far away from the city/urbanisation as possible then the further north you go the better.  On the other hand, down south is pretty, and can be green during/immediately following winter, and I think there are quite a few farmstays down there, though I don't believe they are what one would typically associate with outback country as the landscape down there is, in many places, more agricultural/forested and less of the open dry land nature that you find as you head further north.

I found the following information regarding farmstays in Western Australia on this website: http://www.westernaustralia.com/en/Thing...  

It is quoted directly from the site -

"At Harvey Hills Farmstay in Harvey, a one and a half hour drive south of Perth, stay on a 615 acre farm with stunning views over the Harvey Dam.

Hand feed pet kangaroos, goats, donkeys, sheep, cattle, chickens and turkeys.

In Bunbury bunk down at Ferguson Farmstay, where the little ones can milk cows, feed baby calves and enjoy pony and tractor rides.

At Kinda Farm Bed and Breakfast in Albany - an adults-only farmstay - keen fishermen can throw a line in the trout-filled lake and marvel at the purebred Scottish Highland cows.

Host families will welcome you into their hearts and homes, offering warm, friendly banter, a hot shower and hearty, homemade fare as part of their famous country hospitality.

Be sure to visit the local bar in these rural areas after a day on the farm. Country pubs are jammed with locals sharing colourful stories and a couple of beers after a hard day's work."

You might also try these:

www.tacawa.com.au/

www.touristradio.com.au/pages/farmstay...

www.west-oz.com/product.asp?id=2180

Good luck and I hope you have lots of fun and find a good place to stay.

Answer 2

the first answerer gave you good advice, but dont call them a ranch out here, we call them farms and the people who own and run them are called farmers, enjoy your stay

Answer 3

Head to the Kimberley, in the NorthWest of WA, the suggestion of El Questro is probably the best.

And this time of year the weather will be beautiful...

Answer 4

you've chosen the wrong time to come here, it's winter right now, if you had come a few months ago you would easily get a fruit picking job during the harvest.

Answer 5

El Questro Station

Real cattle stations (ranches) are way up north in the Kimberley.

The farms down south are just that, farms. Nothing like the big cattle stations up north which your thinking about.