William Creek
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William Creek South Australia |
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 William Creek
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| Coordinates | 28°54′0″S 136°20′0″E / 28.90000°S 136.33333°ECoordinates: 28°54′0″S 136°20′0″E / 28.90000°S 136.33333°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 6 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 521 m (1,709 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Outback Communities Authority | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Division of Grey | ||||||||||||
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| 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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