Blinman

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In 1859 Robert Blinman discovered copper here. The Blinman Mine was the largest mine in the Flinders Ranges and was worked extensively up to 1908. The town is at the northern edge of the Flinders Ranges National Park and well suited as a base for exploring the region, with good facilities including a hotel and motel, shearers' quarters and cottage accommodation. Several miners' cottages date back to the early 1860s. The North Blinman Hotel, the Police Station, and the Post and Telegraph Office, built between 1869 and 1879, are among the town's early buildings.

The Blinman Mine site is an historic reserve and a walking trail with interpretive information has been developed. Guided tours of the site are available. East is the road through the Eregunda Valley to Chambers Gorge. There's bushwalking, rock pools and Aboriginal carvings. South, on the Wilpena road, is the Great Wall of China. To the north-east are the Gammon Ranges and Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.

Also near Blinman are the ruins of Artimore Station and the Nuccaleena Mine, which can be accessed via pastoral access routes. There are self-drive, tag-a-long and guided four-wheel-drive tours available at Blinman.