PET near Wallaroo, SA

There is no PET scanner in Wallaroo. The nearest one is at Radiology SA Elizabeth Vale in Elizabeth Vale, about 131 km away, roughly 1 hr 55 min by road. After that, the options are Benson Radiology North Adelaide in North Adelaide (140 km) and Royal Adelaide Hospital SAMI site in Adelaide (140 km).

Widen the search to 200 km and there are six PET practices; the closest five are above.

Locally, Wallaroo is covered for x-ray, ultrasound and CT. A referral for one of those can be done here: everything Wallaroo has.

To put 131 km in context: of the 515 SA towns we hold, 107 are further than Wallaroo from a PET service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

There is no way around the distance: 131 km each way. Before you commit to it, two things are worth a phone call — your state's patient travel assistance scheme, which exists for people in exactly this position, and whether any service closer to Wallaroo visits on a roster. The register cannot show us visiting services.

Across South Australia, 6 practices are accredited for PET and 0 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — PET is not spread evenly, and Wallaroo sits in one of the gaps.

Accreditation windows: Radiology SA Elizabeth Vale to 31 May 2027, Benson Radiology North Adelaide to 31 July 2027 and Royal Adelaide Hospital SAMI site to 31 August 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the five practices listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and none publishes opening hours we could confirm. A phone call before you travel is worth it: a practice can be accredited for a scan and still not run it daily.