Attraction

Beetaloo Reservoir, just to the east of Port Pirie in the southern Flinders Ranges, offers shore-based fishing and is currently stocked with Golden Perch, Silver Perch and Murray Cod. Experience the serenity of the Beetaloo Reservoir picnic grounds (May-Oct), ponder the remarkable rock face along the track to the reservoir.

Take in the views from the Laura Lookout or bike ride on our scenic Laura to Stone Hut bike tracks

The Laura Information Outlet is found in Hughes Street, the main street of Laura, a small town in the Southern Flinders region of South Australia. The centre is run by volunteers and aims to be open from 10am to 4pm every day. The Centre promotes and retails a large selection of Southern Flinders Ranges produce,

Built in 1878, it was a “Court of Summary Jurisdiction” and therefore not presided over by a Judge, but two local JP’s or a visiting Magistrate.  Classified by the National Trust, the Courthouse was closed in 1968 and is now in the care of the Rocky River Historic and Art Society.   The Rocky River Historic & Art

The Laura Archives are housed in the historic former Masonic Lodge and hold resources for Laura, Stone Hut and Beetaloo, including microfilm of the Laura Standard newspaper and microfiche of many important community organisations. Significant projects in which the RRHAS is involved include: Cemetery mapping and research Promotion of Laura as the boyhood town of

Author and poet C.J. Dennis spent the greater part of his youth in Laura when his father owned the long gone Beetaloo Hotel. To a little town that nestles downBy the hills of BeetalooWhere a youth dreamed dreams of fair renown.And a man’s ambition grew.‘Twas here his earliest songs were sungAnd he won his earliest praiseFrom men who were

Golden North Ice Cream was first produced in 1923 after William Bowker started a business on family property here in Laura (circa 1880). Golden North factory employs approximately 65 people and manufacturers over 12 million litres of ice cream annually. For over 95 years, Golden North has been a symbol of South Australia and was