Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Derek's 4WD Tours
DRIVING TOUR
( 0417 475 770;
www.dereks4wdtours.com
; tours half-/full day from $115/170)
These are 4WD
trips with an environmental bent, including visits to Bunyeroo and Brachina gorges.
Skytrek Willow Springs
DRIVING TOUR
( 08-8648 0016;
www.skytrekwillowsprings.com.au
)
Six-hour self-drive tours on a working
sheep station (per vehicle $65), or they can hook you up with a tour operator. Self-con-
tained cabin accommodation is also available (doubles from $100).
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Sleeping & Eating
BIG4 Hawker Caravan Park
CARAVAN PARK $
( 08-8648 4006;
www.hawkerbig4holidaypark.com.au
; cnr Wilpena Rd & Chace View Tce; un-
powered/powered sites $26/28, en-suite sites $39-45, cabins $96-162; )
At the Wilpena
end of town, this upbeat, fastidiously maintained acreage has generous gravelly sites and
a range of cabins. And there's a pool!
Outback Motel & Chapmanton
Holiday Units
MOTEL $$$
( 08-8648 4100;
www.hawkersa.info/biz/outback.htm
; 1 Wilpena Rd; s/d motel $110/125, units
$120/150; )
Like a transplanted vision from Utah, this orange-brick, drive-up motel of-
fers the best rooms in town. The two-bedroom units are good value for families.
Flinders Ranges
Accommodation Booking Service
ACCOMMODATION SERVICES $$$
(FRABS; 08-8648 4022, 1800 777 880;
www.frabs.com.au
; d $75-225)
Bookings for rural cot-
tages and shearers quarters around Hawker.
Old Ghan Restaurant
MODERN AUSTRALIAN $$$
( 08-8648 4176;
www.hawkersa.info/biz/ghan.htm
; Leigh Creek Rd, Old Hawker Railway Station;
mains $19-32; 5.30-8pm Wed-Sat, closed Jan)
In the
1884 Ghan
railway station on the out-
skirts of town, this rough-and-ready eatery is about as upmarket as Hawker gets. Expect
mains such as kangaroo medallions with wattleseed and mustard, and beer-battered gar-
fish.
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