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William Creek

William Creek
South Australia
William Creek Pub.jpg
William Creek is located in South Australia
William Creek
William Creek
Coordinates 28°54′0″S 136°20′0″E / 28.90000°S 136.33333°E / -28.90000; 136.33333Coordinates: 28°54′0″S 136°20′0″E / 28.90000°S 136.33333°E / -28.90000; 136.33333
Population 6 (2001 census)
Elevation 521 m (1,709 ft)
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Outback Communities Authority
State electorate(s) Stuart
Federal Division(s) Division of Grey
Localities around William Creek:
Anna Creek Anna Creek Anna Creek
Anna Creek William Creek Anna Creek
Anna Creek Anna Creek Anna Creek
Footnotes Adjoining localities

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. 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 Communities Authority.

William Creek 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 one of the world's most remote pubs. 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 a good halfway stop along the track, with accommodation and meals at the Hotel as well as a well-maintained, if somewhat dusty campground. In the Memorial Park it is possible to see diverse items such as the first stage of the Black Arrow Rocket, Britain's only successful independent space launch that was recovered from the surrounding Anna Creek Station. More sobering is the commemorative inscription to a young Austrian woman, who lost her life in 1998 trying to walk back to William Creek from a 4WD vehicle bogged in the sand beside Lake Eyre.

William Creek is serviced twice weekly by the Coober Pedy Oodnadatta One Day Mail Run. The 4WD mail truck also carries some general freight and passengers.


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