Robert left about 9:00 a.m. armed with water, nibbles, camera and hat. He returned about 12:15 p.m. after completing the rim walk around Kings Canyon. From the photos that he took, it looked amazing. Dome-shaped rocks were a feature and I imagine that The Bungles would have some similar features.
I wondered if I could have managed it but Robert said that the steps would have been difficult and there were many rocks to clamber over. Robert doesn’t like heights and I was surprised at some of the photos that he snapped because they showed the depth of the canyon. He must have been close to the edge even though there were warning signs.
He recounted a “Michael Jackson” moment when he noticed a father holding his 3 year old son out over the edge of the rim; just listening to him made my hands sweat. There are some stupid people!
Feeling in need of some recovery time, Robert headed off to the resort swimming pool. He figured that the footy players have ice baths to help heal injuries and the pool was just as cold as an ice bath. A shower and then a bit of sleep filled in his afternoon.
I spent my day cleaning out the fridge, cooking up all the vegies so that we can take them across the border and playing a variety of solitaire games on laptop. Housework doesn’t take long in a caravan!
I also checked out the distances between towns for our journey back home and our plan is to travel from here to Kulgera on Wednesday (359 km); Kulgera to Coober Pedy on Thursday (419 km); Coober Pedy to Woomera on Friday (365 km); Woomera to Pt Broughton on Saturday (about 300 km) and the home on Sunday. That’s the plan anyway – it could change.
We made it to the sunset and I was able to capture the changing colours on the ranges behind the resort.No-one actually watches the sunset; the cliff faces is more interesting with the changing colours. While we waiting we started a conversation with a couple who had a lot in common with both of us. They live in Brisbane. They were both high school teachers and did work for a few years at the same school. She was an English teacher/teacher-librarian; he raced Formula 2 racing cars and has 3 Elfin racing cars that were made in Adelaide. (Robert’s always been interested in motor racing) Apparently, he was very successful nationally in the 60s and 70s.It was really lovely chatting with them and the only reason we stopped was because we had a roast cooking and they were off to the restaurant.
Another couple camped behind us with their 10 year old grandson have a few things in common as well: Gordon was in Puckapunyal in National Service in 1972 (so was Robert); they were married on the same day in the same year as us! Campbell (their grandson) is really worried about the dingoes here. We saw another one while we were at the sunset platform.
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