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Flinders Ranges & Outback SA ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Flinders Ranges & Outback SA Includes ¨ Why Go? Flinders Ranges .........794 If you want to experience the Outback (the loose geographic Mt Remarkable zone comprising 70% of mainland Australia) wheeling into National Park .............796 the Flinders Ranges is a great way to start. Quorn .........................796 Approaching the Ranges from the south, the wheat fields Hawker ....................... 797 and wineries of South Australia’s midnorth district give way to arid cattle stations beneath ochre-coloured peaks. This is Flinders Ranges National Park .............798 ancient country, imbued with the Dreaming stories of the Adnyamathanha people. Emus wander across roads; yellow- Woomera .................... 801 footed rock wallabies bound from boulder to boulder. Coober Pedy .............. 801 Further north on the Stuart Hwy and along the legendary Oodnadatta Track ......805 Oodnadatta and Strzelecki Tracks, eccentric outback towns Birdsville Track ...........805 such as Woomera, William Creek, Innamincka and Coober Strzelecki Track .........806 Pedy emerge from the heat haze. This is no country for the faint-hearted: it’s waterless, flyblown and dizzyingly hot. No Innamincka ................806 wonder the opal miners in Coober Pedy live underground! Best Places to Eat ¨ Rawnsley Park Station (p797) When to Go Quorn ¨ Prairie Hotel (p799) °C/°F Te mp Rainfall inches/mm ¨ John’s Pizza Bar & 40/104 8/200 Restaurant (p804) 30/86 6/150 ¨ Quorn Cafe (p797) 20/68 4/100 10/50 2/50 Best Places 0/32 0 to Stay J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨ North Star Hotel (p796) May Sunbaked Jun–Aug Winter Sep Last chance ¨ Quorn Caravan Park desert colours is peak season in to hit the Outback (p796) shimmer as the the Outback: mild without 35-degree ¨ Wilpena Pound Resort Outback cools temperatures, days. Spring flow- (p798) at the end of clear skies and ers in the Flinders autumn. Grey Nomads. Ranges. ¨ Down to Erth B&B (p803) 792 Mount Cockburn R NORTHERN TERRITORY (1134m) R R S R Mount t Mount RMount Everard u R Mann Whinham Mount R (1083m) a (1169m) r Morris t Mount (1228m) Mount Davies (1303m) H Woodroffe w (1053m) y Pitjantjatjara Mount Aboriginal Land FLINDERS RLindsay Mount R (813m) Marla Sir Thomas #\ (805m) Mintabie#\ ²*A87 R Painted Desert ANGES OUTBACK& #æ SOUTH AUSTRALIA Conservation Tallaringa Moon Plains Park Conservation Park #÷ Breakaways#æ WEST44ERN Serpentine Reserve #æ 66 66#\ AUSTRALIA Lakes #6 Coober Pedy SA 44 44 Woomera Prohibited Area RA Maralinga Tjarutja Greatng Victoria Desert Aboriginal4 4 66NaE ture Reserve 66Land 66Lake S Anthony & OU & 4 tb #\ Watson A ilway alia Ra C str Trans Au 66 S K 6666666 A Nullarbor H Regional Yellabinna Nullabor Reserve Regional ighlights 4 National Reserve Park Yalata Aboriginal #\ Ya lata Border #÷ ²*A1 Land Village Eyre Hwy Nundroo #\ #\ Eucla #\ 44 6666666 Penong #\ #\ Fowlers Bay #\ Ù# #\ 4 Ceduna 4 Cactus Beach 4 6 6666Streaky #\F lin Great Australian Bight Bay d e r s H w y 0200 km e# Elliston #\ 0100 miles 666 Flinders Ranges & Outback SA Highlights 1 Exploring the gorges and 3 Checking out the old 5 Jumping in a 4WD and scenic slopes of Mt Remark­ buildings and Wild West vibes truck along the Oodnadatta able National Park (p796). in Quorn (p796). Track (p805), a great 2 Kicking back with a cold 4 Hiking up to Wangarra Australian adventure. beer at the North Star Hotel Lookout at Ikara (Wilpena (p796) in Melrose. Pound; p798)..
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