Vanrook Station (Revoked)

Vanrook Station (Revoked) is a savanna burning project located at Vanrook Station, approximately 130km northeast of Normanton in the Gulf of Carpentaria region of Queensland. It was registered in June 2015 and covers an immense 232,905 hectares.

Savanna burning projects involve the strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season. These cooler, patchier fires reduce available fuel loads, which helps mitigate the risk, extent, and severity of high-emission wildfires that typically ravage the landscape during the late dry season.

The Normanton and wider Gulf region is heavily utilised for large-scale pastoral operations and cattle grazing, with Vanrook Station being one of the largest and historically running up to 75,000 head of breeding cattle. The area experiences a tropical savanna climate defined by a pronounced monsoonal wet season, bringing high rainfall of up to a metre annually, followed by a long and harsh dry season. The local landscape and soil profiles feature a mix of black soil plains, hard ridges, and fine savanna earth.

This project was initiated and managed by the proponent Country Carbon Pty. Ltd., but was officially revoked under section 32 of the CFI Act on 12 September 2017. Additionally, in May 2020, the Clean Energy Regulator accepted an Enforceable Undertaking from Country Carbon Pty. Ltd. relating to regulatory compliance.