Parachilna, South Australia: Travel guide and things to do

Parachilna is one of those tiny towns which, if you are not looking, you could easily pass by. Today it comprises nothing more than the railway station (where, each night, as regular as clockwork, a vast coal train from Leigh Creek heads south to Port Augusta), a few buildings which have been used as cheap backpacker accommodation and the very attractive, and recently modernised Parachilna hotel, known as the Prairie Hotel.

Things to see

Scenic Route
The road between Blinman and Parachilna is particularly beautiful cutting through dramatic desert gorges which are characterised by the harsh, spectacular colours of this part of the outback.

Railway Station
The railway station was completed in 1881. The road from Beltana to Parachilna runs beside the old railway line. There are many remnants of old railway stations, bridges across creeks and straight stretches where the railway used to run.