May 9 Kings Canyon

After leaving Yalara, we drove about half way towards Kings Canyon and stopped at a rest area called Salt Creek. We had lunch and decided to stay the afternoon and night. We relaxed and caught up on reading the paper and other such chores. Later in the day, our neighbours from the previous night at Yalara, Ken and Elaine from Rockingham, pulled in beside us. Seems that we keep meeting up with folks that we've met the day before. Our other neighbours at Yalara were Kevin, who we met at Mt Ebenezer the night before and a young Sydney/German couple, who we were to meet again at Kings Canyon.

We went first to Kathleen Springs. A short walk into an area where they used to round up cattle and provide them water from a natural spring. The rock cliffs provided a natural perimeter fence to contain the cattle.

Kathleen Springs

We then went on to Kings Canyon. Another national park, but this time at least dogs were allowed in the car park. However, this made it impractical to take on the longer walks. We initially completed the short creek walk, which was a nice enough walk.

Judith very kindly offered to look after the dogs while I went on one of the longer walks around Kings Canyon. Wow, its big and impressive. It just keeps going. One of the highlights of our trip so far. Would love to have spent longer and walked further but happy to come back again and see the rest of it.

If you look closely you can see little specks at the top of the cliff - they're people

We returned to the Salt Creek rest area for the night, stopping at Kings Creek Station on the way. Jodie had recommended the camel burger, so we gave it a try - it was good!

The famous camel burger from Kings Creek Station