Southern Flinders Discovery Centre

 The Southern Flinders Discovery Centre is a community administered Information Centre situated in the main street (Gladstone Street) of Gladstone which is the southern gateway to the Flinders Ranges via the Horrocks Highway (previously Main North Road).

Comprehensive tourism information is available through a wide selection of brochures from the Flinders Ranges, including the Southern Flinders Regional Guide, plus guides from other regional areas of South Australia.

Pick up the ‘Delicious’ booklet
which details the variety of food & wine products of the
Southern Flinders Ranges. 

The centre displays a cross section of available products 
for retail and offer tastings of selected 
soft drinks from Trend Drinks and olive oil products
on request.

Groups are most welcome!

A selection of articles crafted by talented locals is also available in the retail section along with Gladstone souvenirs. 

Guided walking tours have been developed to give the ‘Rail & Heritage’ history, including the unique triple-gauge railway lines, and the fact that Gladstone was once two towns (Gladstone & Booyoolee).  Do you know why?  Some of the highlights of the ‘Discovery’ tour are the beautiful sandstone buildings and dwellings, the largest inland grain storage facility in Australia, and the only remaining soft drink manufacturer in rural South Australia.

Self-guided walking, cycling or driving tours offer locals and visitors alike the chance to ‘discover for themselves’, the Gladstone High School agriculture & viticulture in action, Gladstone Gaol Complex, the picturesque views from the south of the pines or north towards ‘the Bluff’ and Mt Remarkable.  Other self-drive guides can take the traveller to Beetaloo Valley, Appila Springs, Magnetic Hill or Bundaleer Forest.  Why not follow the Grain Trail!

FREE Internet Access, provided by the Northern Areas Council, allow the traveller to keep in touch with family and friends wherever they are.  The Seniors Kiosk gives seniors the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the internet through  ‘Broadband for Seniors’  tuition one Monday per month.  Contact the centre for further details.

When you wander through the centre, you will  be able to also see some of our heritage stories through articles,  photos  and memorabilia.  The Gladstone History Group have set up a comprehensive display that includes the ‘Booyoolee Panels’.  These panels were commissioned for the ‘Farmcog Festival’ in 2002.  Take a look at the photos that tell their story.  Did you know that the famous ‘Bully Beef’ was produced by Booyoolee Station?

The Booyoolee Pastoral Lease was taken up in 1846 where Herbert Bristow Hughes occupied 770 sq. kms. of untamed land that he turned into a prosperous sheep and cattle station.  The station although now smaller in size is still administered by Hughes Family descendants.

 

OPEN:        7   days a week

Mon – Sat       10.00am - 4.00pm
Sunday   1.00 – 4.00 pm 
(closed  Christmas Day)