Outback Motel

Flinders Ranges


Like a transplanted vision from the Utah desert, this orange-brick, drive-up motel offers passable motel rooms in downtown Hawker. The two-bedroom units are good value for families: the biggest one sleeps six (extra person $15). Wi-fi can be patchy.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Flinders Ranges attractions

1. Jeff Morgan Gallery

0.15 MILES

It's not so much what's in Hawker that's interesting − it's more what's around it. But if you prefer your great outdoors to be indoors (and a bit…

2. Kanyaka

8.92 MILES

Out of town, derelict ruins litter the Quorn–Hawker Rd, the most impressive of which is Kanyaka, a once-thriving sheep station founded in 1851. From the…

3. Death Rock

17.32 MILES

From the Kanyaka ruins (41km north of Quorn on the Quorn–Hawker Rd), it's a 20-minute walk to a waterhole loomed over by the massive Death Rock. The story…

4. Arkaroo Rock

22.8 MILES

Around 40km north of Hawker towards Wilpena, Arkaroo Rock is a sacred Aboriginal site (we don't need to lecture you about being respectful). The rock art…

5. Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park

28.06 MILES

One of SA's most treasured parks, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park is laced with craggy gorges, saw-toothed ranges, abandoned homesteads, Adnyamathanha…