Kings Creek

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We set off early on Saturday morning with a group of 16 fellow travellers and our driver, Sandy, on the 'Wayward bus' bound for Adelaide via some of the most remote parts of the earth.

Our first stop was the baking hot Rainbow Valley in the desert where Emma and I wandered off from the group, spotted wavy trails in the sand and managed to startle a baby BROWN SNAKE! He was only about 9 inches long but still one of the most deadly slitherers on the planet...and boy did he move fast (thankfully away from us!).

We also stopped for fuel and refreshments at Stuart's Well where we met some orphaned bush animals (a baby camel and a couple of joeys) but more famously wintnessed the antics of Dinky the famous singing Dingo. Apparently, he is world famous after a few national and then international networks picked up the story and has appeared in European newspapers and magazines - follow this link if you wanna see more:

Dinky on BBC website

That night we slept in Swags (canvas bags) by the campfire, under the stars.

The following morning we were up at 5am in order to get to Kings Canyon before it got too hot (by about 10am you start to wish you weren't out in the outback). The 3hr Rim Walk was amazing (starting with a climb up 'heartattack hill' and as there had been some rain recently Tim got the chance to swim in a (very black) waterhole deep into the canyon.

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Photos

King's Canyon
Tim swimming in waterhole