Kanyaka Station Ruins
Kanyaka
A group of stone ruins from a large 1850s pastoral station, the best-known historic site on the road to the Flinders Ranges.
At its peak, Kanyaka Station ran about 50,000 sheep and employed 70 families. It declined after the drought of the 1860s, leaving behind stone walls of a homestead, shearing shed, storehouses and a graveyard scattered across the open grassland. The nearby Kanyaka Dead Man's Hole waterhole trail takes about 20 minutes round trip. The site is free to visit, lies beside the Hawker to Quorn road about 40 km south of Hawker, and has a campground. It is a good place to stop for half an hour to an hour when passing through.
Opening hours
Open all day
Nearby sights
- Yourambulla Caves
- Hawker
- Pichi Richi Railway, Quorn
- Moralana Scenic Drive & Lookout
- Rawnsley Park Station
- Arkaroo Rock
- Wilpena Pound
- Wangarra Lookout