Jul 24, 2026 – 4.00pmRoughly 1000 kilometres north of Perth, Gnaraloo Station is carved into the sand dunes that separate Western Australia’s vast red outback from the pounding waves of the Indian Ocean.From the air, if you squint, much of the landscape resembles Mars. Perched on the southern reaches of Ningaloo Reef, Gnaraloo is home to about 3000 goats and a Northern Irish backpacker who bought the property in the mid-2000s in search of a Crocodile Dundee-inspired lifestyle.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
‘The real thing’: Hidden coastal playground up for grabs in remote WA
The sale of the isolated station, snapped up by a Northern Irish backpacker 20 years ago, is generating a buzz among Western Australia’s business community.
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