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Hotels in Oodla Wirra, South Australia

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Halfway Hotel First licensed in 1899 but known to have existed earlier. It was known as The Penn Hotel from 1899 until 1950 and is also known as the Oodla Wirra Halfway Hotel.

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Barrier Highway,
Oodla Wirra
South Australia 5422

Phone:
08 8650 5927

Halfway Hotel

Information on Oodla Wirra, 5422

Oodla Wirra is a small town in the upper Mid North of South Australia, located on the Barrier Highway approximately halfway between Adelaide and Broken Hill. Originally named Penn when surveyed in 1890, the town was renamed Oodla Wirra in 1940 to match its railway siding.

The settlement served as a crossing and watering point and service centre for nearby gold mines, later boasting a flour mill, school, and the Halfway Hotel. Today, it features a roadhouse and friendly pub, along with a fruit fly checkpoint for travelers.

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Oodla Wirra is positioned on the Barrier Highway, making it easily accessible by car from either direction. The town sits roughly midway on the journey between Adelaide (approximately 250km south) and Broken Hill in New South Wales.

As a former railway town, it once had rail connections, though the modern standard gauge line now passes south and east of the town. Travelers typically pass through as part of road trips exploring South Australia's Mid North region.

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