We left from Uluru/Yulara around 11am and headed towards kings canyon. I had keyed in the lookout camp from wiki camps. We stopped set kings canyon and did the river walk up into the canyon, a one hour return walk very easy and beautiful! The temp was great perfect for walking. I am still wary on uneven surfaces with my knee so am still just taking it easy.
We then kept driving to kings canyon resort shell servo to fill up with fuel and get a pass to drive into the Mereenie loop road. $330 later we drove towards the lookout campsite. It was about 12km past the resort. Just out side of the national park along corrugated road. We got up to the lookout and it was the most filthy place. There was a sign saying 24 hour overnight camping allowed. The bins were overflowing and rubbish was littered everywhere you could see. Toilet paper all over the place. We couldn't stay here! The views were amazing but we were so disappointed that people could be such pigs.
We decided to back track and went to another free campsite past kings creek station. Parana views. Much bigger and nicer than the lookout and plenty of secluded spots to pick from. We ended up camping in a large open area next to a family from Cobar that were on a 14 week trip with their two boys and dog, misha. Sam and the boys immediately took off exploring and doing boys things whilst we set up.
I cooked salmon and rice for dinner and we sat around the campfire talking to the other family whilst the boys roasted marshmallows together.
It got quite windy during the night so we didn't get much sleep. Got up on sunrise and took a few photos, attempted to boil the kettle and had a coffee, packed up and headed towards Alice back towards Yulara but cutting across the Ernest Giles road.
Sam stood in an old campfire and has burnt his big toe, we got it straight in a bucket of water and are now traveling with an ice block and wet wipe wrapped around his toe. Now he has his foot outside the window with the breeze cooling it down.
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