KINGS OF KINGS CANYON...

HOWS THE VIEW????WELCOME TO KINGS CANYON....

SO BEGINS THE 6.5 KM WALK UP AND INTO THE CANYON.

THE FIRST OF MANY LOCALS WE ENCOUNTERED ALONG THE WAY.

FEELING INSIGNIFICANT YET??????

OMG.....THIS WAS OUR MORNING TEA VIEW.

STILL MORNING TEA....

AND HOW DO WE GET OVER THERE?????

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

WHAT THE......

THE ESCALATORS ARE WHERE?????

LOOKING DOWN INTO THE GARDEN OF EDEN...ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVING RAINFORESTS HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. OASIS CENTRAL.

WELCOME TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN...KINGS CANYON.

WE WERE UNAWARE THAT WE WOULD NEED OUR COZIES.....SO WE ALL SWAM IN OUR KNICKERS. WELL....I SWAM IN SHORTS AND SHIRT, BUT AFTER THE SWIM REALIZED I MIGHT AS WELL BE SWIMMING TOPLESS. WHITE WET TSHIRT PROVED VERY POPULAR WITH THE OTHER TOURISTS THAT SWAM WITH US....HAHAHAHA.

BEST SWIM EVER......JUST WALKED ABOUT 3.5KMS IN ABOUT 2HRS.....CAUSE MUM TAKES SO MANY BLOODY PHOTOS.....AND NOT TO MENTION ITS ABOUT 35 IN THE SHADE. OH YEAH....THERE IS NO SHADE WALKING THE CANYON.SO FRESH AND FREEZING AND WAY TOO MUCH FUN!!!!!

NOW FOR YET ANOTHER PICNIC...

BACK ON TRACK AND EVERY MOMENT IS GOB SMACKING.

COOLING DOWN OUR HEADS.

OMMMM...COOLING DOWN THE MIND

AND AS ALWAYS......THE LOVE IS ALWAYS...

THE LOCALS PROVED TO LOVE A GOOD PHOTO OPPORTUNITY AND WERE QUITE THE POSERS...

GOING DOWN....DAD,ARE WE THERE YET???

FLORA..FLORA...

AND MORE FLORA.....4 HRS LATER AND YES....WERE THERE!!! BACK TO THE CAR.....WHAT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE!!!THE KIDZ ABSOLUTELY RULED IT. BACK TO COOBER PEDY IN A COUPLE OF DAYS TO PACK UP AND HEAD SOUTH....THE BEACH AND THE YORKE PENNINSULA HERE WE COME...PEACE,LOVE AND HOT,SWEATY 6.5 KM WALKS...LIVIN THE DREAM..