Name: Home Valley Station
Address: Gibb River Road Kununurra,Gibb River Road, Durack, Durack, Durack, 6743, Australia
Rating: 9

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This place deserves more than one star. It’s situated in a pristine location, the homestead facilities are lovely, and sunrise coming over the Cockburn ranges at the River bush camp is something else. Their main attraction though is their walking trails and for which they have published an immaculate trail-guide full of topographical maps and trail details, sadly now in stark contrast to the trails themselves which are in such a state of disrepair as to make them nearly impossible to self navigate. No warning from staff or information points about how badly overgrown and poorly maintained the trails are. Really disappointing and frustrating that they can’t invest some money and effort into maintaining the tracks, it wouldn’t take much. Aside from this, when we booked several months in advance, the only accommodation option left was the bush camp. When we arrived however, the four homestead camps were nearly empty and there were even cabins available. The online price we paid was also significantly more than the advertised price, for which they refunded us. The reception staff did a fairly poor job at giving us the run down of the place and facilities, all seemed new, pretty clueless, and were rarely able to answer our questions. There was a problem with the on-site water at the time, with no potable water on site, not even tap water served with meals!! Staff were pretty poor at explaining this however. The pool was also closed for maintenance the entire time we were there, which was definitely disappointing after spending an entire morning getting lost in bush. This station could be truly amazing, but fails dismally to hit the mark compared to all the other stations on the Gibb. Do yourself a favor and continue on to El Questro, Ellenbrae, or Mt Elizabeth.

Very disappointing

Can not praise HVS enough. Warwick and Shaun towed our car back to station after doing clutch then went back and got our van for us as well.
Stayed there a week with powered site and water. Facilities clean and well maintained.
Bar and meals great. Landscape is truly something special with some bonus barra thrown in.
Pool was a bonus. Definitely book a tour with Birchy great fishing and knowledge and just a great person.
Thank you to all of you at Home Valley Station for your hospitality and going above and beyond to help us out.
We will see you again x

Wonderful people and place

Home Valley is one of the best appointed Stations in the Kimberly. A pool, nice playground for the kids, clean showers and laundry facilities. A hat tip to their mechanic who helped us out with re-securing out roof racks.

Our mistake was to have a night off in the restaurant. I understand that food out here is expensive, but Home Valley is a cost cutting, gouging experience which leaves you hungry and sad about the need to eat. 

My wife’s vegetarian risotto comprised rice, tinned beans and corn in a serving size that a Michelin star chef would consider small. The steak was cooked well, but served with little more than a cursory garnish. 

Compared with other stations, it’s pretty clear that Home Valley are keener on their bottom line than customer satisfaction. Cook whatever you have at your camp, enjoy their facilities and skip the restaurant.

A lesson in disappointment

Cannot fault the warm welcome and lovely place to stay for a few days. The pool is a great spot to relax and the food and drinks, although small menu, are delicious and fresh. Remember how remote this place is and what a great job to make you feel at home. We would definitely stay here again. The walks were not open as most has been destroyed by fires but I’m sure with time they will be again and a guide for tours will be here soon given it is the start of the season. Ignore the negative reviews and stop in!

Oasis across the Pentacost

The park was opening today so we turned up at the gate @ 10am only to find the gate locked, we rang the office and was told the gate wouldn't open till 1pm &
The Restaurant was going to be open but Pool & all walking tracks closed. 
Very disappointed.

Disappointed

We stayed 4 nights in the Grass Castle Room Everything was just out of this world The food unbelievable yummy " First Class" The staff so helpful and friendly 
We done a few walking trails just amazing and the Helicopter Sun Set Flight was fantastic Overall we loved everything

Stunning Home Valley Station

We stayed 2 nights in a Grass Castle room. It was fabulous. Hadn't expected accommodation of this standard on our trip. We spent the day chilling on the deck and using the pool. A welcome break from the corrugated roads. Only down side was food was rather overpriced for what it was.

Wide variety of accommodation options off Gibb River Road

After a day on the Gibb we were ready for a comfortable room and shower - what we found was awesome! The Grass Castle rooms were stunning. So clean and comfortable. Plenty of space with s great view of the river. The Station is well run. Restaurant offers wide range of food and has entertainment on some evenings as well.

Grass Castles - Stunning rooms and awesome location!

It was wonderful arriving at our grass castle after driving along the Gibb River Road- A little bit of luxury. The room is very spacious with King sized bed, kitchenette, huge bathroom, complimentary dressing gowns, slippers etc.
We loved our room overlooking the river- very relaxing. WE had dinner at the bistro -it was ok -not a great variety . Breakfast really does need some work- it was very ordinary and it appeared although there were only 2 staff members - not coping with the volume needed.
We did the home valley 3 hour tour with Vince which was excellent and learned some of the history of the station. We would highly recommend a one night stay here when driving the Gibb!

Grass Castles -Excellent

We decided to stay at Home Valley Station and treat ourselves to some special tours.
We went Barra fishing and had a beautiful Sunset tour with Vince as our guide.The latter was sooooo lovely. Full marks to Vince.
We also went on a Heli tour which was fabulous with James.
The meals, service, grounds and staff were really lovely, would recommend this as a stopover to everyone. We stayed 4 days.!

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