Bush Camping.

Experience Farina sunsets, the clearest of night skies. Camp under old shady gum trees by warm campfires. Barbeques, tables, and flush toilets provided in a natural setting.

Shearer's Quarters.

If you wish for more luxury, use the Shearer's Quarters. Sleeps 6, with caravan to accommodate additional 5 people. Contains bathroom, toilet, basic self contained kitchen. Require own bedding and food.

Tours.

Farina Springs

Surprise yourself! Drop down into rugged and ancient hills and visit a salt lake with springs so salty crystals form around the edge....yet fish survive in them.

See and appreciate the delicate beauty of outback plants that survive on rainfall less than 25mm some years.

Fossick for your own quartz crystals that occur singly or in clusters and see the rich colours of ochre.

Farina Historical Tour

Take a guided tour around the old town and surrounding area to learn about its buildings and history. Visit sites that are not otherwise open to the public. Tour times are negotiable with suggested tours for 1 to 3 hours. travel in modern airconditioned 4WD or tag along in your own vehicle. All tours leave from the camping grounds.

Bush Walking

Walking trails are marked from the camping grounds. An easy walk of 1-2 hours extends along an outback creek habitat to the old railway Red Bridge. Enjoy yhe peaceful surroundings. Look for more than 30 species of birds that have been identified, as well as lizards and a wide variety of native plants.

The female shingleback gives birth to a baby 20% of its body weight. Compare this to a human at 8%. Under studies of seven years, it has been found that they mate for life. However, they only remain together for 6 to 8 weeks, then go their own ways for 10 months.They are mainly vegetarian, however the baby eats the placenta before the mother abandons it. The Land Mullet in Queensland gives birth to live babies, but they live in communal burrows.

History of Farina

Farina was one of the towns settled early in the opening of the Outback. It was surveyed in 1878, although people were living there well befor that. It was name Farina, which means "flour", as it was hoped it would become the "Grainary of the North". The rain did not fall and the town developed as the head of the railway and the beginning of all the tracks beyond. Cameleers and drovers worked from Farina, walking long miles in dusty isolation. Pioneers struggled against the climate, distance, and low rainfall to develop the town.

Explore the ruins that remain and rebuild in your mind the life they lived and the hazards they faced.

Visit the cemetery and appreciate the cultures that came together to build and open the outback.

Use Farina as a base to explore a wider area:-

Lake Eyre

Marree

Leigh Creek Coalfields

Talc Alf at Lyndhurst

Ochre Cliffs

All can be visited comfortably with day trips.

Where?

In South Australia travel north from Adelaide. In Queensland travel south from Birdsville (bottom end of the Birdsville Track). From Sturt's National Park, travel to Merty Merty or Innamincka then to Lyndhurst