 About the area: South Australia's Outback is one of the world's truly unspoilt areas. The region is easily accessible from Adelaide and features vast dramatic landscapes; deserts as far as the eye can see, gleaming salt lakes and endless red sandhills. The Outback beyond the coastal strip is very hot for more than half the year and rainfall is uncertain. However there are permanent springs, palm trees and, when it does rain, a riot of wildflowers spring to life.
Stopping for a cold beer and a chat with the locals in an Outback pub is a truly Australian experience. Many of the pubs date back to the nineteenth century, when they played an important role in the lives of the early settlers who opened up the interior of Australia. Most Outback pubs serve more than beer, many offering good, basic meals and hospitality. Some are now famous for their more sophisticated and imaginative Outback cuisine.
The Flinders Ranges, a major part of the South Australian outback experience, has been named one of Australia's outstanding national landscapes - recognised as an emotionally uplifting destination, where adventure, spirituality and tranquility co-exist.
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Natural Attractions
Historic Places
- Port Augusta: Town Hall (1887); Court house (1884); Drinking Fountain (1905); Rotunda, Gladstone Square (1890); St. Augustine's Church (1882); Homestead Park Pioneer Museum; Yudnappinna Homestead; Pichi Richi Tourist Railway; Waterworks Building (1860-82); Institute Building (1875); Tomato Rocks Aboriginal rock art site (120 km north-west)
- Orroroo: Aboriginal rock carvings at Pekina Creek; Early Settlers Hut; Ruins of Pekina Station
- Wilmington: Beautiful Valley Aussie relics Museum; Police station (1880); Old Coaching Station (1880); historic buildings at Carrieton (56 km north east); Aboriginal rock carvings (5 km); The Globe Hotel (Wilmington Hotel, 1876); Coaching Stables at rear of Wilmington Hotel (c.1850); Booleroo Steam & Traction Preservation Society Museum
- Quorn: Outdoor Agricultural Implements Museum; Quorn Mill (1878); Town Hall (1891); Railway Station (1916); Austral Hotel (1878); Mathews Emporium - Quornucopia (1886); Criterion Hotel (1890); Court House (1879); Anglican Church (1897); Transcontinental Hotel (1878); Grand Junction Hotel (1890); Catholic Church (1883); Uniting Church (1879); Lutheran Church (1890)
- Hawker: Kanyaka Homestead ruins (1851-60); old Railway Station complex (1885); Hawker Hotel (1882); Post Office (1882); ruins of the settlements of Wilson, Hookina, Wonoka and Willow Waters; St. Gabriel's Church (1882) at Cradock
- Wilpena: Old Wilpena Homestead; Rawnsley Park Station
- Arkaroola: Old Copper Mine Ruins at Bolla Bollana including copper smelter built by Cornish miners (1890s); Yankaninna Homestead log cabin (1856)
- Woomera: Arcoona gold mine (30 km north); Woomera Aircraft and Missile Park and Heritage Centre
- Marree: Tom Kruse's famous Royal Mail Truck (Museum Park); Central Australian Railways' Ghan locomotives and railway artifacts; Callana Aboriginal rock engravings site (17 km south-west)
- Innamincka: Grays 'Dig' Tree; Innamincka Historic Reserve containing Aboriginal rock carvings and campsites; Burkes Memorial; ruins of the Australian Inland Mission Headquarters and hostel; Burke & Wills National Heritage Place; Tinga Tingana Homestead ruin
- Beltana: historic reserve includes Aboriginal culture and tool manufacturing sites on the banks of Warioota Creek; Beltana homestead (1866); nine mud rendered slate Afghan structures; Overland telegraph line relics; Central Australia Railway relics; Afghan copper mine
- Copley: Sliding Rock Bore (site of an abandoned copper mine); Munyi Aboriginal engravings site (70 km east of Copley); Nepabunna Cultural Area containing mythological sites of the Adnjamathanha people (50 km east); Pinda Springs Aboriginal occupation site (50 km south-east); Prism Hill Aboriginal site (three rock shelters with paintings; 50 km east); Ram Paddock Gate Historical Site containing the last traditional Aboriginal camping ground in the Flinders Ranges (30 km east); Red Gorge Historical Reserve containing Aboriginal engravings
Wine Regions
Waterfalls
- Quorn: Waukarie Falls;
- Wilpena: Malloga Falls; Glenora Falls; Edeowie Falls; Kanalla Falls
- Rawnsley Park: Fern Tree Falls
Misc. Attractions
Journeys
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