Farina Station – Your Very Own Piece of Outback…With an On-Site Baker
Farina Station, in South Australia’s far north, has officially hit the market — offering a rare opportunity to take on a working pastoral property wrapped in history, tourism and one very unique winter attraction.
Taking in about 22,700 hectares, the property stretches from just south of Lyndhurst at the northern tip of the Flinders Ranges, almost all the way to Marree. After a run of solid rain in recent months, selling agent Tim Wooley from Nutrien Harcourts said the station was well set for the new owners to earn an income they minute they turn up.
Dawes Family Hand over the Baton of Fabulous Farina Station
For the past 45 years, Farina Station has been home to the Dawes family. Kevin and Anne, who ironically met at the Lyndhurst Pub, have raised their family on the land and built a tourism offering that welcomes travellers from across the country. Theres’s campground stays where you can experience Farina sunsets and starry skies, to shearers’ quarters that sleep up to 16 guests, and you can even sign up for a 4WD tour or explore the nearby ruins of a once-thriving railway town.
Those ruins tell a story of their own.
They were once the walls of two hotels, a couple of breweries, a general store, church and five blacksmith shops. There was a school, church, an underground bakery… and even a brothel. But like far too many outback towns, boom time turned to bust. What remains today is a striking collection of stone ruins, slowly coming back to life.
From Ghost Town to Seasonal Tourist Hot Spot
Over the past 15 years, something remarkable has happened.
With the support of the Dawes family, the Farina Restoration Group has helped bring the town back to life. Each winter, volunteers from across Australia make the pilgrimage to Farina – stabilising and restoring historically significant sites, turning it into a bucket-list stop for outback travellers.
At the heart of it all is the underground bakery.
For around eight weeks each winter, the old scotch oven fires up — drawing thousands of visitors from far and wide. Touted as Australia’s most remote underground bakery… surely it might just be the world’s?
Despite its remote feel, Farina isn’t as isolated as it looks on the map. A sealed road runs straight through the property. It also sits along the well-travelled route for those heading north via the old Ghan line, out to Lake Eyre, up the Birdsville Track, or across to Roxby Downs and Andamooka.
Farina Station will go to auction on June 17 at the Port Augusta Golf Club – check out the details here.
To check out when Farina Bakery’s opening its doors in 2026, click here.
