Attractions & Things to Do

Natural Attractions

Alligator Gorge

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 along a 10 minute walking trail. Toilets, a picnic area and barbecue facilities are provided for visitors who can spend an hour or full day exploring the network of walking trails surrounding the gorge. Wildflowers and native orchids are abundant through spring.

Wilmington

Natural Attractions

Arden Hills Props

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.

Quorn

Natural Attractions

Arkapena Scenic Adventure

Arkapena Scenic Adventure is a genuine four wheel drive experience through some of the most spectacular scenery of South Australia

Hawker

Natural Attractions

Arkaroola Astronomical Observatory

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.

Arkaroola

Natural Attractions

Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary

Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is located approximately 670 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 the Sprigg family, contains some of Australia's most spectacular mountain views and offers numerous Advanced Ecotourism accredited guided tours.

Copley

Scenic Drives and Walks

Bartagunyah Estate

Bartagunyah Estate cellar door is situated five kilometres from the township of Melrose in the Southern Flinders Ranges region of South Australia. The vineyard produces wine from Shiraz and Cabernet grapes grown at an altitude of over 400 metres above sea level. The wine is made from non irrigated vines, producing distinctive and concentrated flavours.

Melrose

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Blinman Sports Golf Club

Nestled in the picturesque Flinders Ranges, south of the Blinman township, the Blinman Sports Golf Club offers you the opportunity to play golf outback style. A nine hole, par 68 golf course with scrapes and is 5000 metres. Preferred lie on fairways with rugged creeks and hills surrounding

Blinman

Dining and Eating Out

Bluey Blundstones Blacksmith Shop

Bluey Blundstone's Blacksmith shop was built in 1865. The complex has been lovingly and authentically restored and in addition to being a working smithy where the present owners produce items-to-order at the forge, the complex is now also open to the public as a coffee shop and bed and breakfast.

Melrose

Natural Attractions

Brachina Gorge Geological Trail

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 Geological Tour is a 20 kilometre self-guided trail that passes through 130 million years of earth history. Trail signage provides an insight into past climates, the formation of the ranges and the evolution of early life forms. The trail is best travelled from east to west, commencing at the Brachina Gorge/Blinman Road junction. A geological map and more detailed information on the Brachina Gorge Geological Trail is available from the Wilpena Pound Visitor Centre.

Hawker

Natural Attractions

Bundaleer Forest Reserve

Bundaleer Forest was Australia

Jamestown

Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

Bust Of CJ Dennis

A larger than life copper sculpture of CJ Dennis stands outside the Biles Art Gallery as a memorial to the memory of the renowned poet and balladeer, whose boyhood home was Laura. The bust of CJ Dennis is located in Hughes Street at the Civic Centre. In 1915 CJ Dennis published The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke which is probably the highest selling collection of poetry in the nation's history.

Laura

Galleries, Museums and Collections

Crystal Brook Heritage Centre

Built in 1875 as a bakers and butchers shop with a house attached. The premises now contain an underground bakehouse that is restored but not functional, which is unique.

Crystal Brook