William Creek Hotel.
WILLIAM CREEK HOTEL
Competing with Mungerannie for the most
isolated pub in Australia is the William Creek
Hotel along the Oodnadatta Track, 200km
from Marree.
The pub was built in 1887 with old Ghan
Railway sleepers and is tastefully decorated
with thousands of business cards, notes,
licence plates, caps… in fact, any item you
might wish to leave behind to mark your
passage through William Creek appears to be
worthy of consideration.
There is camping at the back of the pub,
scenic flights over Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
and/or Anna Creek Painted Hills, and a night
sky free of light pollution that will sparkle in
your memory for years to come.
Adventurous, and totally self-sufficient
4WDers with complete emergency supplies
can take a ride out to Kati-Thanda Lake Eyre
National Park. If that doesn’t demand a meal
at the pub, then nothing does.
Tending the bar at William Creek Hotel.
MOUNT DARE HOTEL
Up the Oodnadatta on 150km of roads that
go from bad to worse is a pub in Witjira
National Park. The Mount Dare Hotel, rebuilt
in 2006, wins as the most isolated hotel in
Australia (sorry about that, Mungerannie and
William Creek).
Mount Dare serves customers visiting the
national park and either beginning or finishing
the Simpson Desert Crossing. The hotel
provides a number of essential services such
as fuel, satphone hire, tyre repair, shock
absorber replacement, new trailer springs and
vehicle recovery if it all goes pear shaped on
the French Line.
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