Rawnsley Park Station

We recently spent 11 nights here, 8 on a powered sites, then 3 on a bush camp. We have been twice before and absolutely love it here. It is so central to everything and the walking tracks are great. Dog friendly which is a big plus. Just such beautiful surroundings. Staff are helpful and amenities are clean. Thanks for a great stay.

We bush camped in our caravan originally for 2 nights and extended it to 4. Great access to the whole of the Flinders Ranges area which is spectacular. Fantastic areas to set up and no one close by. Access to an ablution block was a bonus, water and dump point also available. Super clean facilities. Friendly staff. We ate at the Woolshed restaurant which was lovely on 2 occasions.

We stayed a couple of nights in the bush camping area. We loved it. Such amazing views and able to choose our own campsite. Facilities were quite close as well as there being a couple of flushing toilets in the more remote bush campsites. Wonderful peaceful stay. Staff in reception were friendly and very helpful. Definitely coming back again as so much to see we didn’t get to this trip.

We stayed in a one bedroom superior cabin for three nights. Great accommodation just outside the national park. Quiet and comfortable. There's a pool onsite, as well as laundry facilities. The kitchen was set up for self catering, but stock up in Port Augusta where there is more choice than the general store (located at the caravan park) or the small IGA (at Wilpena and Hawker). The only restaurant within coo-ee is The Woolshed Restaurant, which has good meals, and also takeaway pizza. Overall I thought this accommodation was great for the price and semi-remote location. The Flinders Ranges are stunning, so well worth a visit.

We stayed 4 nights in one of the newer 2BRM units and it was superb. Great outback views from the living room and outside deck. Our carport was alongside. It was cold at night so the efficient heating units were welcome. Fully equipped kitchen too. Highlights were the two 4WD tours we reserved when booking the accommodation: our guides were super-friendly and very knowlegable. Shane, who took us on a Sunset Tour (really a private tour for just the 2 of us as it turned out) where we got very close to a wedge-tailed eagle amongst other native fauna, and Rachel who took us on the Two Gorges tour (seeing considerable numbers of yellow-footed wallabies and fab scenery). Just one other guest accompanying us on that one so we had plenty of room on both tours and plenty of time to stop along the way, and check-out & photograph the scenery and/or wildlife. The other highlight was the excellent restaurant at Rawnsley Park Station. They seemed very under-staffed when we arrived at 7pm so we were expecting some service issues but in fact our order was taken reasonably promptly (and we could order pre-dinner drinks direct from the bar) and the food was not too long in following. We shared the lamb platter and it was awesome. Service was friendly and the inside cosy and warm. Have at least one meal there if you can. For lunch we can also recommend the Prairie Hotel in Parachilna (1hr 20 min 125km drive on sealed roads, 1hr 40min 110km via seal+dirt). |The only minor niggle was the badly corrugated dirt access road to the station from the sealed highway so each time we left for the day and returned it was a bone rattling ride! Fortunately the drive to the units is considerably closer than the camping ground 1km beyond them! To be fair we were only in a 2WD hatchback whereas the vast majority of guests have 4WDs usually towing caravans. Anyway the car was none the worst for it and had to handle several corrugated dirt roads on this holiday!

What a fantastic place to stay. Absolutely loved the woolshed restaurant. My lamb shank meal was the biggest shank I have ever had. Menu was great. The restaurant had a great atmosphere and there was happy hour just before our dinner booking. Honestly can’t fault the rooms, restaurant or location

We stayed at the caravan park in a dog friendly cabin for 3 nights. The views and surrounding landscape are amazing |Caravan park staff were welcoming and assisted with information re self walking and self 4wd tracks and we thoroughly enjoyed these We want to come back to do the Rawnsley Bluff walk as didn’t have time |The shower block was modern clean and tidy, good water pressure |The towels provided in the cabin were lovely and soft and huge compared to mine at home! |Meals at the Woolshed were superb, and the restaurant service excellent |Only couldn’t book dogs in for day time dog minding as they were booked out, but that’s because we didn’t give any notice|Highly recommend Rawnsley

Fantastic location, rooms, services and staff. Cannot be happier with our stay here. We booked a cabin for 3 nights and the rooms are clean, everything works, showers are hot and the kitchen has enough stuff to make your meals. The restaurant on site is fantastic. Make sure you plan for some meals there. The location is handy for all that you need to do and the sunsets are gorgeous.