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The Old Timers Mine - Coober Pedy  

The Old Timers Mine is the tourist attraction that shows the joys, heartache and history of Coober Pedy. The Old Timers Mine is an accredited tourism business and is the only place in the world where you can see three large good quality rough opal se ...

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Alan Mclellan Lookout - Port Augusta  

A stone cairn marks the spot where Captain Matthew Flinders stepped ashore on 10 March 1802. The cairn was built in 1967 and named after Alan McLellan, an early historian of Port Augusta. The lookout is situated in Whiting Parade at the end of Edinbu ...

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Alligator Gorge - Wilmington  

Alligator Gorge within Mount Remarkable National Park is the premier natural attraction in the Southern Flinders Ranges. This spectacular gorge cut through ancient quartzite by the Alligator Creek is easily accessible to visitors. Toilets, a picnic a ...

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Andamooka Dukes Bottlehouse Museum - Andamooka  

The unique Andamooka Dukes Bottlehouse has been built from discarded beer bottles and is now a museum featuring displays of opal related mining equipment, opals and historical artefacts. Entry to the museum is via the Australia Post Office shop. Inf ...

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Arden Hills Props - Quorn  

Arden Hills offers two distinctively different types of self-drive off road experience for those who want to leave the beaten track and enjoy some of the Flinders Ranges unique scenery. Track One - Arden Hills half day self drive tour. Track Two - Na ...

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Arkapena Scenic Adventure and Chace Range Spectacular - Hawker  

Arkapena Scenic Adventure is a genuine four wheel drive vehicle experience. Drive along the base of the colourful Chace Range and wind through native pine forest to the top of the ABC Range. Relax at Prelinna lookout and be rewarded with spectacular ...

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Arkaroola Astronomical Observatory - Arkaroola  

Arkaroola Astronomical Observatory provides you with a rare opportunity to tour the universe by combining one of Australia's largest privately owned astronomical observatories with new age Star Chairs. Under the expert tuition of Arkaroola's guides, ...

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Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary - Copley  

Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is located 600 kilometres north of Adelaide and 130 kilometres east of Leigh Creek, in the rugged and spectacular northern Flinders Ranges. This 610 square kilometre multi award-winning Wilderness Sanctuary, operated by ...

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Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens - Port Augusta  

Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden is 500 acre garden with spectacular views to the ancient Flinders Ranges. It showcases the amazing, diverse collections of flora that can be found throughout the arid zones of Australia. Don't miss the nationally ...

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Blinman Sports Golf Club - Blinman  

Blinman is a nine hole, par 68 golf course with scrapes and is 5000 metres. Preferred lie on fairways with rugged creeks and hills surrounding. Nestled in the picturesque Flinders Ranges, south of the Blinman township. An opportunity to play golf out ...

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Bluey Blundstones Blacksmith Shop - Melrose  

Bluey Blundstone's Blacksmith shop was built in 1865. The complex has been lovingly and authentically restored with the smithy's shop now equipped with tools and machinery from that era. The work area is seven square metres with five-metre high ceili ...

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Brachina Gorge Geological Trail - Hawker  

Brachina Gorge is one of the Flinders Ranges National Park's most popular and spectacular tourist attractions. The gorge is an important refuge for the Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby as well as many species of birds and reptiles. The Brachina Gorge Geolo ...

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Breakaways - Coober Pedy  

The Breakaways are one of South Australia's Outback gems. They're a striking rocky landscape of flat-topped mesas. The Breakaways were once covered by an inland sea. They are now home to an array of native fauna and flora. Take in this remarkable vie ...

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Catacomb Underground Church - Coober Pedy  

Catacomb Underground Church is an Anglican church founded and supported by the Bush Church Aid Society. Named after the Catacombs in Rome, where early Christians buried their dead and met undisturbed in times of persecution. Just as here we escape th ...

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Coongie Lakes National Park - Innamincka  

Coongie Lakes National Park is one of the most spectacular of South Australia's natural attractions. A pristine water world made up of channels, waterholes, lakes, internal deltas, shallow floodout plains and interdune corridors and swamps. While Coo ...

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Coward Springs - Coober Pedy  

Coward Springs Campground, on the Oodnadatta Track is an oasis in the driest part of outback South Australia. Campground trees can be seen from afar in the flat open landscape. The campground offers safe, low-key, sheltered and peaceful camping. Most ...

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Devil's Peak Walking Trail - Quorn  

The bushwalk up to Devil's Peak is steep in places and is recommended for experienced and fit walkers. It may take one-and-a-half to two hours for the return journey but you will see a large variety of native vegetation, wild flowers, and birds and g ...

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Faye's Underground Home And Opal Mine - Coober Pedy  

Located in a beautiful desert garden is Faye's famous Underground Home. This original one room home housed the first mail truck driver more than 60 years ago. It was converted by Faye Nayler and two other women, using only picks and shovels, into a k ...

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Flinders Ranges National Park - Hawker  

The Flinders Ranges National is one of South Australia's most popular destinations. This area is world-renowned for its geological history, Aboriginal rock art sites, impressive fossil remains and its ruins of early European settlement. Aborigines ha ...

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Fred Teague's Museum - Hawker  

Situated at Hawker Motors is a museum, which Fred Teague built up over the years with relics from early settlers. There is a fine display of gemstones, minerals, fossils, photographs, antique bottles and memorabilia. For 60 years or so, Fred had been ...

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Gladstone Square - Port Augusta  

Gladstone Square is located in the Port Augusta City Centre, on the corner of Jervois Street and Marryatt Street. This picturesque square complete with rotunda, two gazebos, a barbecue area that provides a shady landscaped patch suitable for picnic l ...

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Great Western Bridge - Port Augusta  

Before the Great Western Bridge was built, ferry boats and barges were used to cross the Spencer Gulf. The only other way to get to the other side was by land, around the head of the Gulf, a distance of about 12 kilometres. The Old Great Western Brid ...

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Hancocks Lookout - Wilmington  

A spectacular view of Spencers Gulf and the Port Augusta area can be seen from Hancocks Lookout, located at the top of the historic Horrocks Pass, seven kilometres off the road to Port Augusta (coming from Wilimington). Large Sugar Gums and drooping ...

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Heritage Walk - Port Augusta  

A two hour Heritage Walk of Port Augusta and a Tourist Drive has been developed. Details of the walk and a map are included in the local Port Augusta Visitor Guide, available at information outlets. The Tourist Drive is also available as a separate p ...

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Horrocks Pass - Wilmington  

Just west of Wilmington on the road to Port Augusta lies Horrocks Pass. The pass was named after the explorer John Horrocks who descended through the pass in 1840 on his ill-fated journey north. A lookout at the historic Cairn at the top of the pass ...

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Ikara - The Meeting Place - Hawker  

Located in the heart of the Flinders Ranges National Park, Ikara - The Meeting Place is an award-winning public art space that shares an important story of the Adnyamathanha people. This contemporary artwork represents the first attempt within the F ...

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Innamincka Regional Reserve - Innamincka  

Innamincka Regional Reserve offers its visitors a taste of two worlds and great Australian history; a lush watery paradise set against a backdrop of the stark arid outback where they can walk in the footsteps of Australia's most famous explorers, Bur ...

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Lake Eyre National Park - William Creek  

If you’re looking for a real Outback adventure, Lake Eyre is the place. Huge and remote, the vast expanse of the shimmering white salt plain is matched in intensity only by the impossibly blue desert sky. While the lake has only filled three times ...

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Magnetic Hill - Pekina  

Taking your vehicle to Magnetic Hill is one of those things that you must do if you want to experience something that is just a little bit different from anything else. Park your car on the side of the hill and watch it role uphill. Magnetic Hill was ...

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Melrose Courthouse Heritage Centre - Melrose  

The Melrose Courthouse Heritage Centre is an adventure into the past. Discover the history of this unique area by visiting the authentic exhibitions and audio visual presentations that tell the story of opening the north of South Australia, with the ...

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Mount Remarkable National Park - Mambray Creek  

Mount Remarkable National Park, in the Southern Flinders Ranges, offers visitors a true wilderness experience within easy reach of Adelaide. Dramatic mountain scenery and natural diversity of the park make it a great location for camping, bushwalking ...

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Old Number Four Barge - Port Augusta  

On the eastern side of the old bridge are the remains of the Number Four Barge. It was brought from Port Pirie in 1944 to support workmen who were strengthening the bridge for the erection of the Morgan to Whyalla pipeline. The barge was said to be b ...

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Old Wilpena Station - Hawker  

Old Wilpena Station lies within the Flinders Ranges National Park only a few kilometres from the Wilpena Pound Resort. Today the Old Wilpena Station Historic Precinct is one of South Australia's most significant pastoral settlement sites due to its ...

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Oodnadatta Track - Oodnadatta  

The Oodnadatta Track offers one of the best Outback drives in Australia. Steeped in history, natural wonders and a rich cultural heritage, the track is perhaps our most fascinating and historic outback trail. It was the route for 19th century explore ...

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Opal World - Coober Pedy  

Buy opal where it is found - Coober Pedy is the opal capital of the world. This is an ideal place to buy a memento of Coober Pedy. Opal World has an extensive range of quality opal and opal jewellery. The opal shop is located at the Desert Cave Hote ...

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Opalios - Coober Pedy  

For over 36 years, Opalios have been mining in the Coober Pedy Opal fields. We cut our own opal, and design and create our own jewellery on site. As a family owned and operated business, we have an experienced Opal Miner, expert Opal Cutter and on si ...

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Over the Edge Sports - Melrose  

Over the Edge Sports is a destination bike shop in Melrose in the Southern Flinders Ranges. We stock high quality bikes including Knolly, Ibis, Spot and Orbea as well as all the accessories. There are 50 kilometres of purpose built single-track moun ...

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Painted Desert - Coober Pedy  

The Painted Desert is an area of spectacular colourful hills. It's an amazing sight - you'll see rocky outcrops of large and small hills, which emerge suddenly out of a flat, desert landscape. It's perhaps best viewed in bright sunlight which brings ...

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Pichi Richi Railway - Quorn  

All aboard the Afghan Express or the Pichi Richi Explorer for a charming rail journey through the glorious Flinders Ranges! The Pichi Richi Railway operates between Quorn and Port Augusta. Trains use steam locomotives or historic diesels and genuine ...

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Sansouci Puppet Museum and Gallery - Wilmington  

Relive your childhood memories at the Sansouci Puppet Museum and Gallery at Wilmington in the beautiful Flinders Ranges. The museum is located directly opposite the Post Office and very easy to find. Sansouci is Australia's only puppet museum where y ...

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Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve - Oodnadatta  

Located within the driest region of the Australian continent, the Simpson Desert is one of the world's best examples of dunal desert. The sand dunes stretch over hundreds of kilometres - the towering crests and vast, flat valleys (or swales) between ...

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Skytrek - Hawker  

A spectacular self-guided track in the heartland of South Australia’s Flinders Ranges, Skytrek is an awesome rite of passage for four wheel drivers. Following old mining, mustering and fire trails and a section of purpose-built track over Mount Cae ...

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Star Opal Fossil Collection - Coober Pedy  

In 1974 we purchased the block where Star Opal and our dugout home are now situated. On the block there was a small stone building, which was used as a cutting room by the previous owner and a very small one roomed dugout. At Star Opal we strive to g ...

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Strzelecki Regional Reserve - Innamincka  

Strezelecki Regional Reserve includes the vast pale sand dune country of the Strzelecki and Cobbler Deserts, and the mostly dry bed of the Strzelecki Creek. The previously identified Strzelecki Boundary has been realigned to more accurately reflect t ...

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Talc Alpha Rink Outback Rep-Public Art Gallery - Lyndhurst  

This gallery houses an open-air talc stone carving display of about 60 permanent works of art, depicting the thoughts of Cornelis Johan (Talc Alf) Alferink. Talc Alf is an Outback character who has become a fixture for Uluru-bound backpackers and tou ...

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Tallaringa Conservation Park - Coober Pedy  

Tallaringa Conservation Park is located 100 kilometres due west of Coober Pedy on the fringe of the Great Victoria Desert and is a vast wilderness of vegetated dunes and gibber rises. The park supports a variety of important wildlife species that hav ...

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The Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park - Quorn  

The Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park derives its curious name from the shape of its prominent landmark, the Bluff, which resembles the stern of an early Dutch sailing ship. Located in the Southern Flinders Ranges, the park’s steep ranges, deep gor ...

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The Opal Cave - Coober Pedy  

Browse through the Opal Museum and fascinating display of rough and cut opal and opalised fossils millions and millions of years old. Walk through our beautiful and unusual underground garden to our award winning show room. Here you are able to selec ...

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Umoona Opal Mine And Museum - Coober Pedy  

Visit Umoona Opal Mine and Museum, Coober Pedy's largest underground and only award winning tourism attraction. Take a walk through our museum where you will find information on Aboriginal and European settlement in the area. Step back into Australi ...

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Underground Art Gallery - Coober Pedy  

The Underground Art Gallery is conveniently located in the main street of Coober Pedy. The gallery is completely underground and is carved out of solid sandstone, it is quite large and includes a hands on mining area where you can put on a hard hat a ...

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