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Parachilna
Parachilna Tiny railway siding now the location of an attractive pub. Parachilna is one of those tiny towns which, if you are not looking, you could easily pass by. Today it comprises nothing more than the railway station (where, each night, as regular as clockwork, a vast coal train from Leigh Creek heads south to Port Augusta), a few buildings which have been used as cheap backpacker accommodation and the very attractive, and recently modernised Parachilna hotel, known as the Prairie Hotel.
Parachilna - Fast Facts
Parachilna Tiny railway siding now the location of an attractive pub. Parachilna is one of those tiny towns which, if you are not looking, you could easily pass by. Today it comprises nothing more than the railway station (where, each night, as regular as clockwork, a vast coal train from Leigh Creek heads south to Port Augusta), a few buildings which have been used as cheap backpacker accommodation and the very attractive, and recently modernised Parachilna hotel, known as the Prairie Hotel.
Parachilna - Places to See
Parachilna Tiny railway siding now the location of an attractive pub. Parachilna is one of those tiny towns which, if you are not looking, you could easily pass by. Today it comprises nothing more than the railway station (where, each night, as regular as clockwork, a vast coal train from Leigh Creek heads south to Port Augusta), a few buildings which have been used as cheap backpacker accommodation and the very attractive, and recently modernised Parachilna hotel, known as the Prairie Hotel.
Parachilna - Sleep
Parachilna Tiny railway siding now the location of an attractive pub. Parachilna is one of those tiny towns which, if you are not looking, you could easily pass by. Today it comprises nothing more than the railway station (where, each night, as regular as clockwork, a vast coal train from Leigh Creek heads south to Port Augusta), a few buildings which have been used as cheap backpacker accommodation and the very attractive, and recently modernised Parachilna hotel, known as the Prairie Hotel.
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