Last night was much clearer than the night before and Nikki and Steve both said they woke up in the middle of the night to a beautiful sky full of stars! We were allowed to sleep in this morning, and woke up at 6am. Once we'd packed our swags away, we had some breakfast and then drove onto Kings Canyon.
The Kings Canyon walk was even more demanding and straight from the start we knew what we were up against - the first climb was called 'Heart Attack Hill'. Kings Canyon was AMAZING! It was nowhere near the size of the Grand Canyon in America, but the good thing was we could walk right through it - up from the bottom and right across the top. Part of the walk took us into the Garden of Eden, which is quite greenl looking, with a large fresh water lake - but nobody swam.
After about 3 hours, when our walk was finished we re-boarded the bus and set off home. We stopped a couple of times - once for lunch, and then again on a camel farm - where we got out to stretch our legs and see the animals that live there.
We got back to Alice Springs at about 5.30pm and checked back into the YHA before having showers and then going out to a bar called Melanka - where everyone from the trip was meeting for food and drinks. The food was pretty pants - but the beer was free, so that was cool! We even entered a quiz with the locals and our team came second - we're not sure how though!
The Rock Tour... DEFINITELY the BEST tour we've done so far!
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