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Literally “in the middle of nowhere” the Prairie is a true outback hotel. Enjoy a drink in the evening, and share stories with the locals and passers by (who also appear seemingly from nowhere!) With the eastern walls of the Flinders Ranges to one side and the limitless expanse of the plains of outback South Australia to the other, the Prairie provides a real sense of the sheer size and emptiness of the Australian continent. Hosts: Jane & Ross Fargher   No. of Bedrooms There are 12 ensuite, air-conditioned rooms. The front bar has retained the feel of an outback hotel, and remains a watering hole for the few locals and passers by. Dining The lunch and dinner menus provide innovative and excellent “feral” cuisine, both hot and cold (camel sausages, wallaby skewers, goat chops and kangaroo fillets). An upper floor provides private dining and relaxation, should guests want more privacy than is offered in the front bar. The hotel has a swimming pool for hot outback afternoons. This is a unique property which words can not fully explain...you just have to go there. Very atmospheric with delicious food and excellent company provided by the locals and owners. Activities The Flinders Ranges National Park provides some of the finest outback scenery and harbours an immense variety of wildlife within its gorges and valleys. A picnic lunch in the shade of river red gums beside a dry creek bed is a uniquely Australian scene, with the screech of cockatoos and galahs just the noisier end of the hugely diverse birdlife that inhabits this area. In the evening, spending a quiet hour beside a rock pool in one of the deep red sandstone gorges that typify this country will give you the chance to see one of Australia’s rarest animals, the yellow-footed rock wallaby which comes to drink in the coolness of dusk. In addition to exploring the Flinders, guests can take escorted 4WD trips to Nilpena, the Farghers’ family station, to visit the sand dunes on the shores of Lake Torrens, or to the mining town of Blinman. Or enjoy a private charter flight over the Flinders Ranges, Lake Eyre, Innamincka and Anna Creek (largest property in Australia). Real Australia. Find Similar Properties