Rawnsley Park Station - Flinders Rangers.

Rawnsley Park Station & the Southern Flinders Ranges.

Our first week in the Flinders Ranges is going to be spent at the caravan park at Rawnsley Park Station, which is situated about 20klms south of the entrance into Flinders Ranges National Park. It is a vast undulating area, very well treed with gums, cypress pines and other small scrubby plants (the most prolific are covered in masses of very pretty small pale yellow flowers) and masses of very dry grasses. The whole countryside looks very beautiful, and even though it is very dry the trees are covered in green foliage so it gives the appearance of the scenery being green and not completely arid.

Rawnsley Bluff can be seen from our caravan site and is magnificent at sunset.

The view from our site towards the Wilpena Mountain Range.

A view as you enter the caravan park at Rawnsley Park Station.

Rawnsley Park Station is surrounded by three picturesque mountain ranges. We have a great camping site.  It is very large site with some elevation and a great 180° view towards the most southerly part of the massive Wilpena Pound Range, called Rawnsley Bluff.  Just below us is a small flowing creek and because of the continual water supply there are several large elegant Red River Gums. It is just so beautiful and at sunset the mountain range changes colour – some nights it is purple and on a good night it can be bright red.

We have power and bore water but no TV, internet or phone reception. The amenities block is very good. I would recommend this Station to anyone.

The weather has been hot and very dry - Temperatures around 35° and some days have been days of total fire ban.

The Caravan Park has many beautiful Australian Plants many are in bloom.



There are many beautiful parrots that come to eat the nuts in the Cypress Pines near our van. We also have the occasional kangaroo and Emu come to the small creek just near us.

We plan to go on several short day trips using Rawnsley Park as a base.