Ban Ban Springs Station
Coordinates: 13°22′39″S 131°30′18″E / 13.3775°S 131.5051°E
Ban Ban Springs Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory.
It is situated about 46 kilometres (29 mi) south east of Adelaide River and 125 kilometres (78 mi) south east of Darwin. The property shares a boundary with other pastoral leases including Mount Ringwood and McKinlay River to the north, Bridge Creek to the west, Douglas to the south and Mary River to the East. The Stuart Highway is found 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the homestead and cuts through the eastern side of the property. Several watercourses flow through the property including Hayes Creek, McCallum Creek and the McKinlay river. The Margaret River also cuts through the property and the Mary River forms the eastern boundary.
Currently occupying an area of 1,873 square kilometres (723 sq mi) with a carrying capacity of approximately 12,000 head of cattle, it has an typicl annual rainfall of 1,200 millimetres (47 in) to 1,600 millimetres (63 in).
The land systems are a mixture of plains interspersed with creek beds bordered by flood out country and boulder strewn ridges. The plains vary from sediment rich soils to gravelly areas with the ridges mostly being gently undulating with areas of steep shale and dolerite. Areas of black soil can be found around the extensive floodplains for the Margaret, Mary and Mackinley rivers and the springs and other low-lying areas. The soils tend to be nutrient poor. The plains are typically open savanna woodlands which contain the usual overstorey of trees and shrubs over kangaroo grass, but with annual and perennial sorghums.
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