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In-Depth Information
Quandong Café
CAFE $
(
www.quandongapartments.com/cafe.html
; 31 First St; meals $4-15; 8.30am-4pm mid-Mar-mid-
Dec)
A traditional country cafe with creaky floorboards and spinning ceiling fans, serving
big breakfasts and light lunches. Try a generously adorned 'Railway Sleeper' (like a
pizza sub), or a massive slab of lemon meringue or quandong pie (a quandong is a kind
of native cherry). Good old-fashioned country value!
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Information
Flinders Ranges Visitor Information Centre
(
08-8648 6419;
www.flindersranges.com
;
Railway Tce, Quorn Railway Station;
9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm Sat & Sun)
Maps, brochures,
internet access and advice.
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Hawker
POP 300
Hawker is the last outpost of civilisation before Wilpena Pound, 55km to the north.
Much like Quorn, Hawker has seen better days, most of which were when the old
Ghan
train stopped here. These days Hawker is a pancake-flat, pit-stop town with an ATM and
the world's most helpful petrol station.
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Sights & Activities
It's not so much what's in Hawker that's interesting − it's more what's around it − but if
you like your great outdoors inside (and a little bit eccentric),
Wilpena Panorama
(
www.wilpenapanorama.com
; cnr Wilpena & Cradock Rds; adult/child $8/5.50; 9am-5pm Mon-
Sat, 9am-4pm Sat, 11am-2pm Sun, closed Jan & Feb)
is a large circular room with a painting of
Wilpena Pound surrounding you on all sides.
Yourambulla Caves
, 12km south of Hawker, have detailed Aboriginal rock paintings
(including emu tracks), with three sites open to visitors.
Yourambulla Peak
, a half-hour
walk from the car park, is the most accessible spot to check out the paintings.
Around 40km north of Hawker towards Wilpena,
Arkaroo Rock
is a sacred Aborigin-
al site. The rock art here features reptile and human figures in charcoal, bird-lime and
yellow and red ochre. It's a short(ish) return walk from the car park (2km, one hour).
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Tours
