I set my alarm for the first time on this trip to get up at 7. The sun doesn't rise until 7:30 so by time we get up and pack away it is normally 9-930 before we leave anywhere. We were doing the 5.5km Kings Canyon Rim Walk before heading to Ayers Rock Resort Campground so wanted to get an early start. The start of the walk begins with a 500 step climb which is exhausting but easy enough if you have reasonable fitness. After this it is a fairly flat walk with just...

After packing up we did the Kalarranga Lookout walk which was a short 1.5km. After being disappointed yesterday by Palm Valley, I really enjoyed this walk. It was easy and had great views. This walk was nice but I wouldn't say it was worth the detour and slow drive in. Along the way to Kings Canyon we went to Tyler's Pass which is a nice lookout over Gosse's Bluff. (Named after William Gosse, a surveyor who named Ayers Rock) We then took the 6km drive into Gos...

So unfortunately we left Alice Springs a day too early because today is Territory Day which means we could have bought fireworks. The only day of the year you can buy and let off fireworks in the Northern Territory. We started the day with a walk to Redbank Gorge which was about an hour round trip. It was a combination of track, river bed and rock scrambling. The gorge was nice but would be great to take an inflatable and exlore up through the gorge. I think tha...

Driving through the West Macdonnell Ranges is a beautiful drive with nice scenery. I'm glad we did the other two sightseeing trips yesterday even if it meant backtracking as it would have been too much today. First stop, Ellery Creek Big Hole and this was my favourite along this route. It would be great to come during summer so you could swim here.The ochre pits were good to see up close. There were a range of colours which the aborigines would mix with saliva or...

We decided to do a day trip from Alice Springs today so that tomorrow isn't such a big day. First was Simpsons Gap was a only a short walk to a nice waterhole. I was underwhelmed by the next stop at Stanley Chasm. Mostly due to it being overly busy which truly changed the ambience and took any sense of serenity away. I really noticed the difference after being in Carnarvon Gorge by ourselves compared to being surrounded by a bus load of people here. I also t...