Curtin Springs

Occupying an area of 416,400 hectares (1,028,947 acres), the working cattle station and roadhouse facility is located on the Lasseter Highway, 85 kilometres (53 mi) east of Yulara and the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

Soon the Severins installed fuel tanks to service the bus tours that had commenced from Alice Springs to Uluru and provided food and drink to tourists on board.

[10] More fires started from dry storms in October 2012 and were left to burn in areas that were inaccessible and where high winds made containment too difficult.

[12] In April 2023, a Federal Court ruling determined in favour of the native title application lodged by Anangu seven years earlier for around 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi) of pastoral lease land that includes Erldunda, Lyndavale, and Curtin Springs stations.

The ruling, which was handed down at a gathering in the remote community of Imanpa, granted traditional owners the right to hunt and perform ceremonies on the land, and also to be consulted over its use.

Over the years they diversified the business and started offering accommodation and other services to tourists, including tours and an art gallery.

Local tours include parts of the Amadeus Salt Lake Chain and Mount Conner, which is located on the private property of Curtin Springs Station.

Landscape with Mt Conner
Signage at Curtin Springs station
Curtin Springs Station in the 1960s
Aboriginal people at Curtin Springs in 1962 during a period of drought