A pet cat called Killer has wandered back to the same remote North West cattle station he disappeared from more than two years ago to the amazement of his owner and workers.

The black-and-white moggy had not been seen since he vanished in 2017 from Wallareenya home-stead, 75km south of Port Hedland. But the adventurous furball somehow managed to find his way to the workers’ quarters and announced its presence with a chorus of meows.

Station hand Paul Reinholdtsen was with his co-workers when Killer approached.

Mr Reinholdtsen said the cat had lost a considerable amount of weight and he was amazed it had managed to survive for such a long period. “It just rubbed up on me and it was real skinny,” he said.

Camera Icon The station owner's son with Killer riding along in 2016. Credit: Paul Reinholdtsen

“He polished off two tins of sardines and I put some water there. It drank that and then it just — I had the door open — and it just wandered inside.”

Mr Reinholdtsen recognised the cat immediately, while colleagues joked it was not possible. He said Killer had a habit of sleeping in the back of utes and on top of cars and could have hitched a ride out of the station.

He used a photo of the animal from October 2016 to identify Killer and it was a positive match.

“I am amazed,” he said. “How a cat can disappear ... for at least two years, and then just show up.

“You know, you hear of people losing their dogs and two years later it shows up because somebody has looked after it, but we are out in the middle of nowhere. I’ve never seen anything like that.”

Killer has not ventured far since his return and spends most of the day sleeping in Mr Rein-holdtsen’s air-conditioned donga.

Camera Icon Bush cat Killer happily back at home. Credit: Synarah Murphy

He has a strict daily routine — falling asleep on the couch with his owner, joining him outside for 5.30am cups of tea and enjoying trips to the rubbish dump from the tray of a four-wheel-drive utility.

“It just follows you everywhere.

“I went to the tip this morning and when I got down to the tip, I didn’t even notice it but the cat’s on the back of the ute,” Mr Reinholdtsen said.

He said Killer was now being “spoilt rotten and being fed biscuits all day”.