Kendall River Station

Kendall River Station is a Savanna Fire Management project located on the central-western side of the Cape York Peninsula, approximately 150km south of Weipa in Far North Queensland. It was registered in December 2014 and covers a massive 267,954.84 ha.

Savanna fire management projects involve the strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season. This standard methodology requirement creates firebreaks and reduces fuel loads, which heavily mitigates the risk, intensity, and size of late dry season wildfires, ultimately reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions.

The Cape York region has historically been utilised for expansive cattle grazing on large pastoral leases. The area is classified as a high rainfall savanna, benefiting from an abundant monsoonal wet season with a mean annual rainfall exceeding 1,000mm. The local environment features open eucalypt woodlands with grassy understoreys that slowly transition into coastal heathlands and swamps.

This project successfully fulfilled a 50,000 ACCU fixed-delivery carbon abatement contract with the Commonwealth, which was completed in June 2021. While it originally operated as a remote cattle station, the vast property was recently acquired by the Queensland Government's Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation for $30 million. This acquisition paves the way for the station's transition from a commercial agribusiness into a protected national park and indigenous estate.