Kendall River Station

Kendall River Station is a savanna fire management project located on the North Western side of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, situated south of Weipa and northwest of Cairns. It was registered in December 2014 and covers 267,954.84 ha.

Savanna fire management projects involve strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season. This methodology is designed to safely reduce natural fuel loads, which minimizes the risk, intensity, and frequency of uncontrolled and highly destructive wild fires in the late dry season, ultimately reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The Cape York Peninsula area is highly remote and historically known for expansive pastoral leases and cattle grazing operations. The region sits within a high rainfall monsoonal belt, receiving roughly 1,073 mm of rain annually. The station's soils are noted to be of exceptional quality, supporting open eucalypt woodlands, grassy understoreys, and diverse watercourses including the Archer, Sinclair, Holroyd, and Kendall rivers.

This project possesses an interesting commercial history, having been purchased in 2015 by BioEnergy Plantations Australia to trial a large-scale Pongamia biofuel crop. Over the years, the property has also hosted safari tour operators due to its vast, rugged environment. More recently, the pastoral lease was acquired by the Queensland Government, reflecting the 2026 participant change to the Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, with plans to officially dedicate Kendall River Station as a national park once Indigenous Land Use Agreements are finalized. Additionally, the carbon project has a proven track record, having successfully fulfilled a 50,000 ACCU fixed delivery contract with the Commonwealth in 2021.