22 Jul 10 – King’s Caynon

By Craig: One of the best all round walks I’ve completed to date, not too challenging on the legs and very soothing to the eyes. Just magnificent views of deep gorges and rocky outcrops with sheer drops, beautiful!


























At one point high up on top of the Cannon we came across evidence of a sea bed with ripples seemingly caught in time.










Our camp at Kings Canyon Resort Caravan Park had a magnificent backdrop and our stay there included the rim walk around the top of Kings Canyon and a night out at the local pub to see a show ‘The Roadies’.
A great night as we were able to catch up with two other couples we had been chatting with during our stay. Sam was happy as both families had children.
The show included a starring act by Sam playing or at least role playing a solo piece on the didgeridoo which sounded more like the baked bean scene out of Blazing Saddles (showing my age now) and I got a musical role singing “A Frog went walking Ah Hum”

Louise was also called to the stage with some other mums for a chorus of “Do A Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Dum”.

By Louise: The 3 hour walk around the rim of King’s Canyon was spectacular. Sam did really well despite his only walking shoes being threadbare but was most happy when we caught up with Caroline, Steve, Liam and Tara who we had initially and briefly met in Yulara.


We tagged along together for the rest of the walk which was lovely. The Northern Territory seem to be pretty liberal with allowing access to cliff faces, and a couple of times when I looked back to where we had been standing at a cliff edge I was horrified to see what a massive overhang lay beneath.






We managed to get a few hours school done in the afternoon of the walk which was a herculean effort for Sam with all his friends running around playing.

One evening we wandered over to the pub for some “music and comedy for the whole family” and had a bit of a laugh.

We all managed to get dragged into some part of the act and received chocolates, pens and even a beer for our effort. And if you’d told me hours earlier that I’d finish the evening on the dance floor waltzing with my husband I would have called you daft but lo and behold that’s what happened. During the night we got chatting to the parents (Carolyn and James) of Sam’s new playmates (Nathan and Charlotte) from Victoria and enjoyed a few camping horror stories (of the suburban myth type).


Other points of interest were the flowering native plants


Beautiful landscapes


and some of the local characters