Blogs from King's Canyon, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania

We're on the move again and heading to Kings Canyon. It's approximately 325kms away from Yulara. I've booked us on to an afternoon AAT bus transfer. The bus takes about 4 hours with a quick stop at Curtin Springs. Which is a privately owned cattle station, over one million acres in size. The station is home to a number of salt lakes (we saw as we flew into Yulara) and foolaroo .... AKA Mt Connor. Many tourists have mistaken Mt Connor as Uluru. Although they look familiar the lack of a resort is a dead giveaway. The Kings Canyon Resort is located in the Watarrka National Park and is home to the George Gill Range. The resort is surprisingly large, with a few eating places, a bar, tennis court and a swimming pool. It's all well ... read more

Hi Bloggers, A 5.30am wake up before a quick breakfast laid out by Sam (cereal, fruit bread, pancakes, etc..) and then we set off to walk the rim of Watarraka (the King Canyon). It took 30 minutes to get there and we set off by about 7.30am. We accessed the lookout points and enjoyed the views of the gorge, sandstone walls and the immense size of the canyon. On the walk we saw the renowned water hole known as the Garden of Eden. I hope the photos do it justice because it was spectacular (this was before we found we had lost all our photos of this walk L ). Going that early meant the temp was still low enough before they closed off all the walks. Up at the top we saw Christian, Greydon, Jenny ... read more

Dear Fellow Travellers Mum and I had be dreading Kings Canyon since I suggested going there so it only seemed fitting that the caravan tyre wold burst on our way there, just to drag out the anticipation. A quick tyre change and a 90 minute wait at the tyre shop we were finally on the road. To help you all understand why it was mum and I were dreading Kings Canyon, is well because of the canyon. No we are not afraid of heights in fact I’m the opposite, I love to look down, it was more the climb to the top that got us. Now we’re not unfit and incapable of exercise but I wouldn’t be putting us in the ‘can run a marathon’ category. I think it was the 500 steep rock stair climb ... read more

Yes, that really is the name. So called because of the number of people who have suffered one while attempting to scale the astonishing gradient with over-confidence unbefitting of their aerobic capabilities. We were assured by our guide that only last week, a man had been airlifted to hospital. Sounds like fun. My part in the tale begins before we travelled out to the infamous tor however, and before I became a coffee drinker. I was what you might call a neophyte, a fledgling, a greenie. We'd been camping outside and under the stars in swags – thin mattresses inside sack-like sleeping bags with just your head poking out – at the King’s canyon campsite slap bang in the Red Centre of Australia. Watarrka National Park. Our guide was young, and wick. He already had cereals ... read more

We spent 2 days staying at Kings Creek Station, which is a working cattle station. Great camp site with fire pit and not to far to King's Canyon. We did the rim walk and were all pretty pleased with ourselves when reaching the top of the first climb, only to run into our 85 yr old camp neighbours! Mind you they did not look too flash the next day.... read more