With compliments to our overly priced campsite we fired out onto the road up to Kings Canyon - some say it's more impressive that Uluru. On the way we came across our first wild and alive kangaroo! He was just sitting in the road, but quickly hopped off when he saw us - honestly, it was like seeing Father Christmas when your a kid! We are no longer paying rock tax now, it's unfortunately Canyon tax at $33 for a piece of grass space! Feeling energetic we decid...

We didnt rush this morning taking advantage of not having to get up and pack for a long boring drive! We made our way down the road to the national park of Uluru and paid our rock tax to enter. We first stopped at the cultural centre to learn about the Aboriginal people who technically own the rock. There are a lot of stories and legends about giant snakes who fight and lizards being burnt to death for stealing Emu's, which all surround the rock and why it is ...

Just when we thought it couldn't get any more 'deserty', the drive from Coober Pedy North was like driving over Mars (not that we've ever been to Mars, but we can imagine). Again we saw nothing for miles apart from red sand, some red sand, a little bit of red sand and somemore red sand! There's loads of kangaroo signs everywhere as well, but did we see one? Of course not. (unless you count dead ones at the side of the road being eaten by vultures, which we don't....