Anna Creek Painted Hills

The Anna Creek Painted Hills are a striking natural formation on Anna Creek Station, the world's largest cattle station, in South Australia's Far North near William Creek. The low hills display vivid shades of orange, yellow, white and red due to exposed sandstone and weathered rock. Located on private pastoral land with no public ground access, they are viewed exclusively by scenic flights, offering a remote outback landscape of exceptional colour and geological interest.

Visitors can expect to view the Painted Hills exclusively from the air on a scenic flight from William Creek or Coober Pedy. The landscape consists of low, eroded sandstone hills with distinct bands of orange, yellow, red and white across an arid desert plain. There is no ground access, walking trail or visitor infrastructure at the hills themselves. The experience is an aerial sightseeing flight over a remote, uninhabited pastoral lease with expansive views of the outback and nearby Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre basin.

The hills are located on Anna Creek Station, established as a pastoral lease in the 19th century and now recognised as the world's largest cattle station. The area forms part of South Australia's Far North pastoral history and outback exploration routes including the Oodnadatta Track, which follows the former Central Australia Railway alignment.

The area lies within the traditional lands of the Arabana people. The landscape is valued for its natural and geological character and is part of the broader Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre basin cultural landscape, appreciated for its remote outback heritage and pastoral identity.