Thursday 4th July, 2024
This is another day for torturing dogs with fireworks. At least it doesn’t happen here!
This is just a quick note to bring us up to the present.
Yesterday we drove from the Peterman Rest Area to the Kings Canyon Resort. The drive was mostly beautiful, but with some boring bits. We took photos of the entrance to the Red Centre Way, actually Larapinta Drive, which leads to the Canyon, but then goes further to the West Macdonnell Ranges and eventually to Alice Springs.
On the way here we stopped at Kings Creek Station for lunch. They have an excellent café, sell fuel, and have a caravan park. Although it looks very attractive we decided not to stay, but to continue to the resort. It is a little closer to Kings Canyon and appeared to be the same price. That turned out to be not true, but it is the school holidays. We booked in for two nights as we had washing to do.
The washing happened this morning and was quite a bit job. We settled down for a coffee afterwards and are getting on with some desk work.
The plan is: maybe go there this afternoon, but could also go tomorrow for the day, then on to a free camp less than 30kms from here. We have quite a lot to pack up if we want to go out there today as we are connected to water and power and had to use the levellers to prop up our rear.
To get the levellers out we had to open our rear box. Dust had penetrated it, but surprisingly things in bags were OK. Nevertheless, I’ve decided to keep my good shoes inside from now on. Our chairs took the worst of the dust so we washed them off and left them out in the sun to dry. They are very cheap chairs and we don’t care if they get dirty, just need to be clean to sit in them.
Our camp site is right next to a toilet/shower block with it’s own laundry, camp kitchen and BBQ area. When no one is behind us we have a good view over towards the bluff. It feels luxurious and I can easily slip over to have a bedtime shower in my oodie. It’s also very handy for doing washing as I don’t have a long trek to see how things are going.
We had no difficulty getting a site even though we hadn’t booked. We could see why later on as although a lot of caravans and motorhomes arrived there were still spaces free. It cost $81 per night, and that was with our member discount.