Quorn Attractions

During the school holidays an old-time steam train runs from Woolshed Flat to the historic little town of Quorn (pop. 1100), northeast of Port Augusta. The town, a popular tourist center (hotels, motels, caravan/camping park), lies in a valley in the Flinders Ranges and was founded in 1878 as a station on the Great Northern Railway, which closed down in 1957. An old mill houses a museum of local history and an art gallery. North of the town are a number of ruined homesteads, relics of the days when wheat growing flourished in this area.