We finally arrived in Blinman for morning coffee & found the local pub had the best coffee ever! The town is very interesting as it used to be a thriving mining town with a population of 1500 but today there are only 22. The town began with the discovery of copper in 1859 and commencement of mining in 1862. The... More

What more could you want, a bed, food in your belly, a beer and a beautiful view. To see the Flinders is a must do and this is a great place for a night or 2 stop. The staff do a good job with the resources they have, they are hours away from towns etc and they do a fab... More

Our experience in whole in the Flinders Rangers was a great short get away and we were taken there by a travel voucher needing to be used. Due to the travel voucher we paid a great price for accommodation and the rooms we stayed in had been updated although i think we may have stayed in the largest and maybe... More

If you call painting over cracks and fittings as newly updated heritage you might be happy but when you move the cubart to look for the power point to make a cuppa and see the months of dead flys and then you see dirty tissues under the bed you start to know you have made a big mistake there where... More

Choice is limited in and around the pound, particularly if you do not want to camp! This was an average sort of a place, nothing to write home about. The food was good though, as was the ice cold beer, the stars, sunrise and the location. That's really what it's all about.

Roof of entire building leaks in minimum rain. When a downpour came we were on our own to move from a fully flooded room where electric wires were now submerged. The location has no mobile ph coverage and no landline was supplied anywhere for guests use in an emergency. We found skeleton keys on cleaning trolley in open cleaning room.... More

Sadly, bitumen roads have replaced the winding dirt tracks of the last century from Wilpena Pound to Blinman. The ease of travel therefore increases the volume of traffic to this wonderful old copper mining town, and increased volume does not mean better more affordable accommodation. As Blinman is somewhat out of the way, there appears to be a notion by... More