Simmonston, sometimes known as The Town That Never Was, was a town that was built in anticipation of a railway extension expected to go to Quorn. When the railway went to Gordon instead, the town was abandoned before having been occupied. All that remains are the ruins in the Willochra Plain.
The foundations of a building in what was named, but never became, the town of Simmonston are nearly completed consumed by brush.
The Cradock Hotel is in the middle of nowhere. After hours of hard riding, stopping for a cold drink, a bag of salt and vinegar chips, and a few minutes on the front porch admiring the local art was a welcome break.
