From Yulara we headed to Kings Canyon with the Cutlers. We were on the road very early to make sure we secured a powered site at Kings Canyon Station as they didn’t take bookings.
Kings Canyon was very windy there with lots of red dirt. Once again the only grass was on tent sites and not much of it. I am a little over the red dirt. It even manages to gets inside my socks and everything that comes out of the wash is still red, especially the socks.
We went for a short walk along Kings Canyon Creek to the water hole. There were some amazing rock formations. You can quite clearly see the layers of sedimentation. Kids had fun scrambling over the rocks.
We had a fire for two of the nights we were there, a few drinks and laughs with the kids entertaining us. Kids toasted marshmallows around the fire. The marshmallows cost $5 for a small bag, and with petrol at $2.30 a litre and a cup of coffee $7, we couldn’t afford to stay too long.
One day we tackled what they call the rim walk. Basically you are climbing up the cliff face then walking all around the edge/rim of the canyon. Very spectacular, also a bit hairy in spots. The whole walk is unfenced with sheer drops. It’s best to stay back from the edge although every now and then we were tempted to have a peck over. The rim walk is undoubtedly the highlight of Kings Canyon.
One our last day there the Cutlers left for Alice Springs and we basically hung out in the van doing school work and watching movies as it was blowing red dirt everywhere. We did do a walk up to the look out and checked out the camels, then back to hide in the van.
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