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Other Facilities in Quorn.The sports minded are well catered for by tennis courts, football oval, 9 hole golf course, cricket oval, bowling green, swimming pool, indoor recreation centre, stockyard arena, show grounds and horse racing club. Quorn has an excellent hospital with an operating theatre. Flinders House Home for the Aged is a modern 21 bed facility of which we are all proud. Volunteer run Ambulance, CFS and SES all do a wonderful job of helping the community during an emergency. Add to this a resident doctor, a library, an Area school, a kindergarten, outdoor education centre, swimming pool, a senior citizens clubrooms, girl guide hall and a youth centre. There are also 4 churches in Quorn. You will find art galleries, parks with BBQ’s and shelter, Laundromat, modern supermarket, chemist, newsagent, delis, emporium, stock agents, cafes, butcher, electrical store, newsagent, post office, garages, fuel depot, transport companies, second hand shop, antiques, clothing and souvenir outlets all helping to maintain a viable shopping area. Accommodation, tours and camping are available throughout the town and district. Special Interest Clubs.
Lions Club of Quorn
Address: P.O. Box 165, Quorn, 5433
Quorn Combined PROBUS Club
Address: Quorn, 5433 Quorn Quilters Club Contact: Zena Cox - (08) 8648 6584 Area SchoolThe Area School draws students from the surrounding farms via two school buses. Students are taught up to and including Year 12. Some subjects in the higher years are taught via the distance learning program. Most of the classrooms have some computers and two rooms are devoted to special computer training. Of recent years a number of adults have taken courses in computing here. Approximately 275 children are currently enrolled at this school. The local Community Library is situated in part of the original sandstone High School building. It has available for loan books, tapes, children's videos, a searching facility on microfilm for the old Quorn Mercury papers and computers with internet connections for public use. The administration section of the Area School is also situated in the original High School building. Address: Stokes Road, Quorn, 5433 Old School CampThis is part of the old Primary School. In 1968 the Primary School was incorporated into the Secondary School and renamed an Area School. Part of the old primary school building is now used for the purpose of self catering dormitory style accommodation for large groups of students and their teachers wishing to visit some of the Flinders Ranges for a school excursion. This gets a great deal of use and has become a popular feature of Quorn. You will often find visiting students walking around the streets with pencil and paper doing a study of the history of Quorn. Outdoor Education Centre Quorn KindergartenOpen Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday during school terms. Caters for the 4 year olds and has its facilities in the other half of the old primary school building. Also a Playgroup for the pre-kindergarten ages is conducted here on Mondays and Fridays during school terms. Contact: Rosie Wright Quorn & District HospitalBuilt from money raised locally, opened in 1950 and then extended in 1982 and again in 2002 this 20 bed facility is one any town could be proud of. Fortunately we have been able to keep it in times when so many towns are losing their hospital. Contains a modern operating theatre which is used by our very skilled doctor. Births per head of population in a number of later years at this hospital have been the second highest in the state. Built on a slight rise and at an angle to the rest of the town it looks out over well kept gardens, the school oval and part of town. The Kanyaka Medical Centre is situated in a reasonably new building alongside. This is where the local doctor runs his surgery and consults. Also many visiting specialists consult here on a monthly basis. Quorn & District Hospital
Address: Hospital Road, Quorn, 5433 Flinders House - Home for the AgedA new building erected in 1995 and has 21 beds for the aged who cannot adequately care for themselves. Is a welcome addition to the town and well laid out, run by the Health Service and situated on part of the hospital grounds facing West Terrace. This building was erected to replace the ageing Flinders House in First Street which was run by the local CWA ladies for some 40 years. Part of that old building was situated in what was the Hospital before the new one was opened in1950. Flinders House
Address: West Terrace, Quorn, 5433 Colebrook HomeA number of residences for some aboriginal families situated three kilometres along the Hawker road. The original home here is where a number of aboriginal children were brought up by Sister Rutter and Sister Hyde after moving in here in May 1933. Once again as was so often the case in this area water proved to be the biggest problem and at times a bucket brigade had to be formed after school by the children to bring water nearly one kilometre from a well. Colebrook Community Centre Incorporated. Senior Citizens ClubroomsSocial meetings every Friday Address: Seventh Street, Quorn, 5433 Quorn Youth CentreOpen on Friday and Saturday nights during school terms. Address: 8 Seventh Street, Quorn, 5433 Quorn Guides and Brownies.Unit meetings are held at the Cynthia Chamberlain Guide Hall Contact: District Commissioner - Cynthia Chamberlain Saint Johns Ambulance VolunteersTeam Leader: Danny McCarthy Emergency Calls: 000Quorn Country Fire ServiceChief Fire Officer: Emergency Calls: 000Quorn State Emergency ServiceContact: Quorn Police Station: (08) 8648 66060 [ FRC Area ] [Escaped Secrets] [
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