The gardens are located on the Sturt highway around 4km west of Port Augusta. The Bluebush Cafe is…read morevery popular, with a good comprehensive menu. Sunset dinners are available Oct through Dec, or a relaxing Sunday breakfast / brunch. We enjoyed a pancake, with Quandong ice cream and Quandong sauce, finishing with a very nice cheese and fruit platter, enjoying the views along with the air conditioning. The cafe is of a modern design with exposed tubular steel arch supports, the floor is concrete inlayed with small stones, walls of wood and ply. Tables wooden with chrome supports, the dining chairs are black with chrome legs. The colour scheme of the Cafe is earthy, with some light bottle green walls. The building is designed to maximise views, of the gardens and the magnificent back drop of the Flinders ranges, while you relax and enjoy your desired food preference. The gardens are festooned with plants and shrubs, this time of the year many in bloom, most travellers would be unaware of the existence of many of these species. Great to view Sturts Desert Wild Pea in flower, the tracks are well signed, along with every plant and shrub which number in their hundreds. The back drop to the gardens are the Flinders Ranges beckoning you to drive over. A very memorable, relaxing visit.

All I have to say is that, I'm more then happy with this restaurant…read more The food quality is on point, customer service..... all I can say is that if your tinder date never turned up. You will have someone to talk to here as the staff are more then up for a good chat. Atmosphere is superb. Recommend for breakfast, lunch dinner and small functions also. Wheelchair access is available, toilet facilities may be a problem for some.

It's truly a shame when change for the worse comes to a favourite dining establishment and this is…read moredefinitely the case with the new management of the Watersedge Restaurant. The wine and beer selection has changed from one of the best in the region to standard pub fare. The meals, while still varied, were nothing spectacular (as they almost always used to be) and in fact ours was missing a major component (full disclosure, we were offered a round of drinks as recompense). I'm hopeful that things will improve and that this is only a temporary stumble but based on the first impression we'll probably wait for the menu to cycle before we try again.

also known as the 'bottom pub' - for no reason other than it's lower on the street than the other…read morepub in town, Mt Remarkable is more of the 'peoples pub' - it's a bit more affordable and a bit less pretentious than the other offering in town. When it's busy, you'll need to book a sitting - either early or late (go for late because you have no set time to be out by and will be able to drink to your hearts content!) The veg and salad bar is fairly solid - not the most amazing, but not terrible either! Most recently i ordered a chicken snitty kilpatrick - it was huge and delicious! Prices are good too. Another handy thing to know is that you can take away drinks to take home from the front bar (as there is no separate bottle shop) - and the prices are pretty reasonable considering you're out in the country side!

This quaint hotel in the Southern part of the Flinders never dissapoints me. It can always be…read morerelied upon for a decent country feed along with friendly service. There is either a self serve veggie or salad bar depending on the time of the year. The menu caters for all tastes ranging from schnitzels the size of a dinner plate including a squid schnitzel to awesome steaks, seafood and more. To top it off you can sit out the front and have a beer or two and admire an amazing view of Mt Remarkable. Situated in the beautiful town of Melrose it is a must for a stop over on your way to explore the Upper Flinders Ranges with multiple walking tracks and Mountain Bike tracks suitable for all standards to explore. So all that said and done get yourself into Mt Remarkable Hotel for a meal and drink. While you are there check out the ceiling. Over the year's it has had many comment's written on it!