Flinders Range

The Flinders Ranges stretch a long distance from near Port Pirie and consist of a number of towns, settlements and vast landscapes. Flinders Range National Park Flinders Range National Park, covers an area of 94,908 hectares. A gateway to the park is Wilpena Pound that appears like a huge crater. There are seventeen walking trails within the Flinders Range National Park. There are aboriginal art sites, and two long-abandoned copper mines. The most spectacular gorge is Brachina Gorge, to reach which one follows the Brachina Gorge Geological Trail.

Birdsville
Birdsville dates from 1882 and famous for its annual race meeting, which occurs in September. The other route from Marree is north-west along the course of the old railway line to Oodnadatta and Alice Springs. This is the Oodnadatta Track.

Birdsville Track
The Birdsville Track is 513 kilometres long. The main route used to lie through Goyder Lagoon, with a wet weather track to the east for use when the main route was flooded. In 1974, however, the Lagoon filled to such a level that the main track remained impassable for most of the following three years and it was decided to make the eastern route the main track and use the short-cut through Goyder Lagoon as an occasional track. Along the track you will see the famous Dog Fence, 5,300 kilometres long, built to keep the dingoes out of the sheep grazing area.

Hawker
Hawker has the Yourambulla Caves decorated with aboriginal art, and the Kanyaka ruins lie a little south of Hawker and Fred Teague’s Museum at Hawker Motors is a collection of gemstones, minerals, fossils, photographs and bottles.

Lake Eyre
Lake Eyre is a huge salt lake. And made up of Lake Eyre South and Lake Eyre North, and capture water from about one sixth of Australia.

Leigh Creek
Leigh Creek is quite a sizeable town. Coal was first mined here in 1941 and from here comes the fuel for the power stations in Port Augusta.

Mount Remarkable National Park
Mount Remarkable National Park is between Port Pirie and Port Augusta and good for walking and wildlife.

Innamincka
Innamincka lies on the southern bank of Cooper Creek, flocks of birds congregate here. Coongie Lakes are 112 kilometres north-west of Innamincka.

Marree Marree
Marree Marree was the base for the teams of camels which headed north with supplies and now a tourist base. Marree is the start of the Birdsville Track.