Barn Hill Station is the kind of place that shows up on people’s lists of “best campsites in Australia” and you think it might be overstated until you’re standing on the cliff above the Indian Ocean watching the sun go down over 200 kilometres of undeveloped Kimberley coastline, cold drink in hand, wondering why you didn’t stay longer.
It’s a working cattle station 120km south of Broome on the Great Northern Highway — a short gravel section from the highway leads to the homestead and campground. The cliff-top sites are the ones to book: elevated above the beach, with a view south along the coast that seems to go on forever. The Indian Ocean turns extraordinary colours from up here as the light fades.
The beach below the cliffs is accessible via tracks down the escarpment and is good for fishing and exploring. But the real surprise is at the rock shelf at low tide: one of the largest dinosaur trackways in the world is exposed on the reef flat — sauropod and theropod tracks preserved in 130-million-year-old rock, visible with careful looking (the station guides you to the right areas). It’s an extraordinary thing to just walk up to.
The homestead has a bar and sells cold drinks and basic supplies — a welcome stop on a remote stretch of coast where the next town is over 100km in either direction. Broome is 120km north for full supplies; stock up thoroughly before arriving, or at least know what the homestead has available when you arrive.
Powered sites available for caravanners. Fires in designated pits. This is privately operated — book directly through Barn Hill Station’s website. It fills up in peak season (June–August) but is well worth planning around.