Monthly Archives: May 2023

Kings Canyon – Watarrka to Alice Springs

On the last night we wandered over to the edge of the campground to get a last shot of the George Gill Range at sunset. The first photo was taken at 4.30 pm, the orange of sunset is just starting … Continue reading

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Kings Canyon – Watarrka #2

On our second day at Watarrka we decided to walk into Kathleen Springs. It was a more open walk than the Kings Creek walk but still a very enjoyable one. The walk was paved all the way and started with … Continue reading

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Kings Canyon – Watarrka #1

We left Uluru and Yulara looking forward to spending some time at Kings Canyon, or Watarrka, it’s original Aborigine name. It’s my third visit here, my first was with Marg in 1990 when there were few facilities and you could … Continue reading

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Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)

The last day of our stay at Yulara was spent at Kata Tjuta a wonderful collection of massive rocks that stand out on the horizon from 50 Km away. There is good reason for this as Kata Tjuta is bigger … Continue reading

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Up Close with Uluru

On Wednesday we decided to spend a few hours driving and walking at the rock, come home and then go back to view Uluru at Sunset, we didn’t fancy a Sunrise viewing. At the sunset viewing point we found a … Continue reading

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Uluru Field of Lights

Last night we attended the Field of Lights show which is held on the top of a sand dune near town facing Uluru. It was a fantastic show and I would recommend anyone visiting here to see this show. A … Continue reading

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Lincoln National Park to Uluru

it is a long way from the bottom of the Eyre Peninsula to Uluru so we decided to have big first day of 585 Km and then a couple more of around 400 Km and then a final 320 Km … Continue reading

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Coffin Bay National Park

On our second last day at Lincoln National Park we headed across the Peninsula to Coffin Bay National Park where Marg and I had camped in 2001 after we left our camp at Memory Cove.  There are several campgrounds in … Continue reading

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Memory Cove

The bottom section of Lincoln National Park is the Memory Cove wilderness area so called because of the small bay – Memory Cove – which is in the wilderness area. In 1802 Mathew Flinders was looking for a place to … Continue reading

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Morgan to Lincoln National Park

We had a big drive of 480 Km on Sunday from Morgan to Colwell which is on the west coast of the Spencer Gulf on the Eyre Peninsula. Most of the country we travelled through had been cleared for farming … Continue reading

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