Prairie Hotel
Travel Blogs from Parachilna
DAY 53 - WILPENA TO PARACHILNA - FERAL FEAST
I wasn’t planning on doing a walk today but after breakfast I set off for a stroll anyway. I intended to do the Drought Busters walk which was only 2 kilometres. I started this walk and saw emus again. They really are mad birds! Anyhow about a quarter of the way into this walk there was a sign for the Mount Ohlssen Bagge walk. I had thought …
Onwards through the Flinders Ranges
Susan and Peter's corner
Today we set forth further north through the Flinders Ranges. We decided to take an unsealed route that winds through some of the gorges in the north. Being wary of our almost bogged experience on day 1 we decided to first ask about the quality of the road at the park information office. The park officer stated …
Day 11 - Coward Springs to Parachilna
This morning it was still a bit rainy so we had to pack up during a sunny patch when everything was temporarily dry. It was hard to leave as this marked our furthest point from home....the most remote and 'outback' part of our trip. As a result we walked around and took way too many photos for too long. We left at around midday. It was about 100km …
Day 1
Day 1 went pretty much as planned. We were a little later leaving than we intended but got away just after 11am. Plenty of traffic till we got out of the suburbs, then the roadworks began. Could hardly believe how many different areas were being worked on. Every few kilometres we would strike another patch! This continued all the way until we …
FeralFood in The Flinders Rangers at Parachilna
Whilst travelling to Wilpena Pound in Sth Australia recently we read about Parachilna in a travel brochure. It was out of our way to get to but we felt compelled after reading an advertisement that stated a visit to the Prairie Hotel was a must do when in Parachilna. The hotel offers all day grazing on feral food, train spotting and indulgent …
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Free parking