HistoryHidden gem
Farina ruins
Farina, South Australia
Abandoned railway town restored by volunteers, with a bakery cellar and a cemetery.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 60 min
Farina was a railhead on the old Ghan line and was abandoned in the 1960s. Volunteers keep the site tidy, and some years the underground bakery is rebuilt. A good example of how outback towns come and go.
Good to know
- Volunteers work here in cooler months
- Remote, carry fuel and water
- Best time
- Autumn to spring
- Getting there
- Gravel road off the Outback Highway, 2WD in dry
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
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