It's not so much what's in Hawker that's interesting − it's more what's around it. But if you prefer your great outdoors to be indoors (and a bit eccentric), the Wilpena and Arkaroola panoramas at the Jeff Morgan Gallery are large circular rooms with intricate landscape paintings surrounding you on all sides. There's an impressive display of rocks and fossils here, too.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby attractions

1. Kanyaka

8.8 MILES

Out of town, derelict ruins litter the Quorn–Hawker Rd, the most impressive of which is Kanyaka, a once-thriving sheep station founded in 1851. From the…

2. Death Rock

17.2 MILES

From the Kanyaka ruins (41km north of Quorn on the Quorn–Hawker Rd), it's a 20-minute walk to a waterhole loomed over by the massive Death Rock. The story…

3. Arkaroo Rock

22.93 MILES

Around 40km north of Hawker towards Wilpena, Arkaroo Rock is a sacred Aboriginal site (we don't need to lecture you about being respectful). The rock art…

4. Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park

28.17 MILES

One of SA's most treasured parks, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park is laced with craggy gorges, saw-toothed ranges, abandoned homesteads, Adnyamathanha…