Blogs from King's Canyon, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 3

We got up very early and were on the road by 7am leaving Coober Pedy. We stopped to take pictures of the sunrise and had battery problems with the camera. We had the heater going full blast at this stage as it was cold outside. We saw dead Kangaroos, burnt out cars, Camels, Cattle Beasts and Wedge Tail Eagles and there were puddles from the recent rains. We stopped at roadhouses to buy fuel and food then crossed the boarder from South Australia to Northern Territory. We had been warned about agricultural inspections at the boarder and had munched up all our fruit before leaving Coober Pedy. It turns out there are no border inspections and we could have carried our breakfast fruit with us to eat at Kings Canyon. After the boarder we turned on ... read more

Oddale smo kljuce, popile kavo in se poslovile od Anangu dezele z obiskom Kulturnega centra. V njem smo se zadrzale vec ur. Ogledovale smo izdelke Aboriginov, od obeskov, okraskov, izdelkov iz lesa in gline, poslikav na platno in les. Ogledale smo si film kako Aboriginke pripravljajo hrano iz nabranih plodov, ogledale smo si orodja in glasbila, fotografije zivali in njihova poimenovanja, zemljevid plemen, ki zivijo po celotni celini. Zgodbe s katerimi so pojasnjevali naravne pojave…. Premalo casa, da bi lahko vse razumele in si zapomnile. Nadaljevale smo voznjo do Watarka nacionalnega parka ali Kings kanjona, ki lezi 300 km juzneje od Alice Springsa in se je oblikovalo od 440 do 360 milijonov let nazaj. Aborigini pa so v tem obmocju ziveli ze 20.000 let nazaj. To podrocje kaze obliko pogorja, verigo, ki ji je voda zarezala ... read more

16th November - 18 November 2009 Kings Canyon Headed off from Alice Springs on the morning of the 16th for the long drive south to Kings Canyon. I had a quick side trip into Rainbow Valley Conservation Park. Well quick as I could on a 23km dirt, bumpy road. Again another really hot day today. Rainbow Valley was stunning but I arrived in the middle of the day and I think you really need to visit here on sunset or sunrise to get all those magnificent colours in the rocks. It was still nice however and I am glad I did the side trip. Back on the Stuart Hwy southbound I stopped in at the Erldunda roadhouse on the turn off for Uluru/ Kings Canyon. Honestly at this point I still didn't know if I was ... read more

Day 124 - Kings Canyon to Finke River Rest Area via Kathleen Springs The alarm went off at 6.30 this morning and we gleefully ignored it! We’re heading back towards Alice Springs today but we’re travelling with Tony and Jane so there’s no need to leave at the crack of dawn which is a blessing! We haven’t managed to upload the Uluru blogs yet which is a shame, we had internet access there but we were doing so much during the day we just ran out of time to get them uploaded. There’s no Telstra coverage here but they do offer a WIFI service of 6 minutes for $1 which is pretty cheap so we pay $5 and get two of the blogs on. Sorry for not replying to your Skype shout Ed, we’ll definitely catch ... read more

Day 122 - Yulara to Kings Canyon Last night we’d introduced ourselves to the new family camped behind us, well more accurately we’d complemented them on their dog which sort of started the conversation. The German Shepherd was beautiful and it turned out that she was a fully trained assistance dog for the young lady owner who was travelling with her family. We chatted for a while and then left them to the rest of their evening. We heard them outside for a short time and then as the night progressed things went quiet. Then morning arrived, well, I say morning but we reckon it was 5.30am if that and all hell was breaking loose! What a row, no need for the alarm clock again today! Awoken from our slumber we gave sunrise one more shot! ... read more