Day 129
Saturday
6 May 2017 – Began “Truly Madly Guilty” by Liane Moriarty.
This should be a more engaging read.
Curtain Springs – Kings Canyon Resort
Welcome back thongs and shorts, here comes the glorious sun
to warm our bones once again. Oh how nice it is to be heading north and chasing
the sun. We were awake and up at 7.45am. We had breakfast, a handful of choc
coffee beans for Paul’s entrée, as he was a little low in glucose.
Once breakfast and the clean up was completed, we made our
way to the fuel pump to fill the van and then we began our journey slightly
north before tacking west heading for the dessert resort of Kings Canyon.
The journey took two hours, passing further stations, more
evidence of cows on the road, leaving piles of dung, There was also piles of
horse shit around, left by the brumbies that roam. We did see some on our way
up to Coober Pedy, but haven’t seen any recently.
We continued past the first accommodation option at Kings
Creek where they farm camels and there was a paddock full at one spot and moved
a further 30km down the road to the resort instead. We drove to reception paid
the $50 a night to stay, stopped for fuel once again and then drove to our
site, not a drive thru, but an empty site behind meant we could access ours and
not have to take the trailer off.
Once we were all set up, I went for a refreshing shower, oh
that felt so good, Paul followed suit and then we had lunch. A mangey looking
dingo wandered through the park as we sat looking out the door. It definitely
had seen better days. I checked the internet access and was surprised at the
charge of $4.95 for 100MB. Get lost! Can’t believe they charge as much as they
do to stay here and then expect that money for internet, it’s just ridiculous.
Guess I will be waiting until Alice Springs.
We noticed that the couple who had passed on the Uluru pass
to us were also parked up nearby so we went to chat to them for awhile and to
thank them again for the pass.
After our stop, we wandered around the park checking in on
the facilities and returning to reception to collect some information sheets on
the walk around the canyon rim and the Watarrka National Park. We stopped in at
the dingo bar for a drink and then returned to the van opting to play cards for
a while.
The park began filling as the afternoon wore on. By 4.30pm I
was ready to paddle my feet in the pool for a bit. We sat on the edge and
gingerly submersed the toes. It was very cool, but refreshing when the feet
finally acclimatised. Once back at the van, we defrosted the fridge then
gathered some drinks and walked to the sunset viewing platform to watch the
colours change over George Gill Range. The space was at a premium, mostly taken
up by a high school tour group. We didn’t hang around, instead Paul took off to
hang out with Bruce while I found another spot to take photos which was far
less crowded and offered a pretty good view to watch the colours change as the
sun left us behind for another day.
I returned to Paul to hang out with the other Winnie couple,
happy to chat while sharing a drink. As we did the dingoes started to appear.
They were not scared to come in close to the campers, hoping to scavenge
something, but it is against the law to feed them.
Once dark, we returned to our van for dinner, enjoying our
stir-fry. We packed our things ready for tomorrow’s walking excursion, wanting
to be out early to begin our 4 hour trek.
With everything done it was off to bed to rest up.
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