Red Centre Series: Kings Canyon

Welcome to Kings Canyon, situated within the Watarrka National Park, and is a huge canyon 270m high. This was my first stop during a 3 day tour of the outback, which left from Alice Springs, involving lots of hiking, camping, red rocks, more green than is usual for this time of year. When arriving in Kings canyon you can do the rim walk, or do the creek walk. Due to my general lack of fitness and the fact that it was mid afternoon and 36 degrees, the following photos will talk you for a leisurely stroll along kings creek.

The Canyon

And the Creek (you know, just in case you got them confused)

While relaxing within the lovely bus on the way to our camping destination, we saw some wild horses, or, to be aussie about it, Bush Brumbies, an apparently really rare sight. . .

And finally, lots and lots of SKY. These photos are taken on Halls Creek, a station (or really large farm), which is where we camped. And when I say really large, I kidd you not 1,028,960 Acres of working farm. Its unreal!

Alright, so that was day one, day two up next!

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Darwin

Humid thy name is. Seriously, it makes it hard to breathe! The best explanation I have for you is how it feels when you get out of the shower, when there's no fan/air con! But it was soooo green, such a change from what I'm used to know. On the shuttle from the airport I was staring in shock at the greenness! It felt very tropical, and its defiantly nothing I've ever seen or felt before. Sadly, due to a combination of the rain and me being disorganised I didn't get to see as much as I would have liked. But, here's what I found

And always a plus. . . REALLY big skies. . .

Will be back soon with more, they're about to get interesting

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Southwest Series: Bunbury

Photographically Speaking (oxymoron?) I have saved the best for last!



Chronologically also. And It was probably my favourite place out of the series. A lot bigger than I expected, but, the real reason was the beach I found. It was probably the nicest piece of beach I've found in OZ, not that I've seen many. It also had an uncanny resemblance to Southbourne,, the way the streets were laid out, wide roads, and just the walk down to the beach itself reminded me a lot of the walkway down to the Bistro on the beach, for those of you who know it. So that, the fact it was pretty quiet and there were Big. Crashy. Waves!!! Meant that it made the end of the trip a really happy one for me!

The look like the arcade game where you have to hit whatever animal pops up with the foam hammer!

BIG crashy waves!

The beach is one of the back ones in Bunbury, The Wyalup-Rocky point is what your looking at now, and are Basalt formations, formed thousands of years ago by flowing lava! Interesting to try and photograph, due to A) trying not to get wet, and B) they aren't overly comfortable to sit or balance on!

I hope you enjoyed the post, it always give me a sense of calm and relaxation being by the sea, with waves and crashy winds, so I hope you all have a little piece of that this weekend!

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