Day 9 - Kings Canyon

our professional photographer

our holiday view

zoe impersonating nic

our first dingo encounter

start of the canyon walk

 

nic scored 50 points for seeing the first reptile on the trip

Pan-cakes with assorted fruit and jams. Doesn’t sound like camping ? Yep, that’s what we cooked from the wide range of services the delica has to offer. Followed by freshly brewed Colombian coffee. Also one of the many delica luxuries one indulges in as any delica enthusiast would tell you. Kings canyon was a bit of a wonder for me. When I think canyon, I think grand canyon or Niagara falls. Lots of greenery lots of wild life. Not so in this case. I mean don’t get me wrong. The canyon was spectacular but it was still mostly dry and red. The hike took us about 3 hours. We got some amazing shots. Along the path are these little plaques that tell you how the canyon formed and why it is in the shape that it is. Something about sand dunes that compacted and were inundated by silica rich water which glued the layers of wind swept soil over the plane of central Australia. We headed back to the resort (a common name in this area for a $10 camp site with no power) and decided to have the afternoon off with a bit of Frisbee and cold beer. The sky was blue, the sun was hot and I was thinking of all my friends sitting in front of a keyboard, monitor and emails. For dinner, I cracked open a bag of beat beads in the miniweber and slow marinated prime cuts of fresh steak in a beer and mustard bowlabong (beer and mustard in a small bowl). They were then seared on the BBQ and served with roasted corn and potato. To Finish off, Zoe made us fire melted marsh mellows on a sandwich of chocolate wheetons. You gotta try it. Is very betta (south African local language for its excellent). Thank you for following. Hope you enjoy the photos.


A special thanks to all those people who have just joined the blog. The delica will be waiting for all of you when your keen to traverse the worlds driest country. Nic



Oh I forgot to mention. We saw our first dingo up close and personal. He was about 3 meters away and looking for food. Adios