We got away from camp (packed up) by 0830. At Kings Canyon, Les, Jude and I opted for the 'Rim walk' which is a 6 km walk around the rim of the canyon. This one was pretty strenuous with a very steep climb at the start followed by reasonably rough terrain for the remainder. We were all a bit spent by the time we got back to the carpark. Barb did the 'Creek walk' which was a 1 km walk (return) along King Creek in the basement.
The rim walk took us around three and a half hours with lots of stoppages for photos.
Quite spectacular scenery here. It wouldn't be difficult to get lost around the top - it just goes and goes... Thanks to the markers, scattered along the track, we found our way home. The awesome spectacle of Kings Canyon gives back and out weighs the effort required to climb it.
Our initial intention was to hopefully get back to the Alice by night fall but because we were so tired, we pulled up stumps at Erldunda which is at the junction of the Lasseter and Stuart Highways about 190 km south of Alice Springs. It's a roadhouse with a caravan park attached out the back.
Nice little place for a rest stop.
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