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William Creek SA

William Creek

Postcode: 5710

William Creek, Australia is located halfway on the Oodnadatta Track, 210 kilometres north of Marree and 166 kilometres east of Coober Pedy in South Australia. The town has a population of 6.

It is the entry point from Coober Pedy to Lake Eyre in the Tirari Desert. William Creek offers the only petrol station between Marree, Coober Pedy and Oodnadatta on the Oodnadatta Track and has a campground, two motels and the world’s most remote pub. The world’s largest cattle station is located in nearby Anna Creek station and the Woomera Prohibited Area, former testing ground for atomic weapons, is also nearby.

William Creek is in the federal Division of Grey and the state electorate of Stuart. It is outside of council areas, and administered by the Outback Areas Community Development Trust.