Most of us awoke to slight rain the night. I simply pulled the swag canvas over my head and went back to sleep. By the time we left camp we were a little damp but the air was fresh from the rain and it was a pleasant temperature to set off on our walk up and around Kings Canyon.
Kings Canyon with it's spectacular colours and rugged rocks was my favourite place, despite the rather English weather we experienced there! A steep climb up before descending to waterholes in the Garden of Eden, up again the other side and across the Lost City; numerous weathered rock domes. I could have happily spent all day gazing at the gorge.
Lunch time shower again before heading towards the MacDonnell ranges, a rough drive but with stunning scenery and groups of brumbies (wild horses) and camels to spot. The camels are something of a problem, originally brought over by the Afghan cameliers they were never taken home again and now run wild in the desert to which they are well adapted (there are in fact more camels in Australia than the whole of the Arabian peninsula)
Before reaching camp at Redbank gorge we stop at a lookout- more spectacular panoramic views including across to Gosse Bluff- a huge, but eroded meteor crater. We're lucky, we've driven out of the rain and it's a dry final night's camping.
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