Have just arrived at The Rock - can't wait to base walk the 9km around it and take lots of photos.....on on
neilnruth said
03:58 AM May 24, 2012
You're making good time! Hope you're able to take time to enjoy it all.
glassies said
01:39 PM May 24, 2012
Love the rock fascinating enjoy your walk
rocan said
02:18 PM May 24, 2012
did the walk a few years ago well worth it.take your time and plenty of water
rocan
Cupie said
02:56 PM May 24, 2012
Make sure that you have lots of time to do the walks round The Olgas. I prefered them to the rock. Especially if you wait quietly in a spot for the noise of tourists to fade .. then out come the birds.
But I really enjoyed the climb to the top of the rock.
KFT said
09:13 PM May 24, 2012
Dont forget Kings Canyon, especially the walk up the canyon we thought it was magic.
Also a visit to Kathleen springs is a good walk to the waterhole.
ULP at the canyon was 226/l diesel was 233/l Curtin springs is dearest at Diesel 234 ulp 237
cp at the canyon was 21/pp/n and is a very congenial place for a couple of nights
enjoy
frank
-- Edited by KFT on Friday 25th of May 2012 08:00:10 PM
Connie said
02:50 AM May 25, 2012
Just take the time to sit outside for half an hour after dark away from any lights and marvel at those outback stars.
03_troopy said
01:48 AM May 26, 2012
I agree about King's Canyon.. It's marvelous. Just hope you don't get the kids running towards the edge and frightening the life out of you like the day we did. And.. head the warnings about not standing too close to the edge of the cliffs. When you get to the other side you'll see how undercut they are.
Cupie said
02:11 AM May 26, 2012
Got to agree about Kings Canyon.
We walked / strolled up the centre, them climbed up to go round the ridge.
A helicopter ride over it all was the icing on the cake.
A great experience not to be missed.
Nicholstones said
02:39 AM May 26, 2012
Don't leave anything outside the van at King's Canyon, lots of dingoes wandering freely, will take a liking to anything food related, shoes etc.
Lilliputians said
03:37 AM May 26, 2012
Thanks for the advice, we're heading there on Sunday and our son warned us about the sheer drops so we will be careful. Had a fantastic day walking the Olgas, one more day here at Yulara to rest and enjoy the activities here and looking forward to moving on to Kings Canyon
03_troopy said
01:30 AM May 29, 2012
Lilliputians wrote:
Thanks for the advice, we're heading there on Sunday and our son warned us about the sheer drops so we will be careful. Had a fantastic day walking the Olgas, one more day here at Yulara to rest and enjoy the activities here and looking forward to moving on to Kings Canyon
They're not just sheer, the top edge actually overhangs in quite a few places. The very edge can be just a few hundred millimetres thick in places.
Cupie said
01:43 AM May 29, 2012
03_troopy wrote:
They're not just sheer, the top edge actually overhangs in quite a few places. The very edge can be just a few hundred millimetres thick in places.
Fantastic pic Realy tells the story of Kings
03_troopy said
01:47 AM May 29, 2012
Cupie wrote:
03_troopy wrote:
They're not just sheer, the top edge actually overhangs in quite a few places. The very edge can be just a few hundred millimetres thick in places.
About 5 seconds after I took that pic a kid of about 10yrs old ran past me and stopped within a metre of the edge and threw a big rock over the side. Scared the cr*p out of me not to mention had there been anyone below it would have been very nasty. His parents didn't even seem to see anything wrong.. till I pointed out how irresponsible it was. Had the little "dear" tripped, he would have also been over the edge.
Fantastic pic Realy tells the story of Kings
Nicholstones said
02:16 AM May 29, 2012
When we were at Kings Canyon we saw several tourists sitting on the edge dangling their legs over the side. Talk about crazy, as you can see from Troopy's fantastic photo the edge is generally an overhang, could crumble at any time.
Cupie said
02:22 AM May 29, 2012
My next door neighbours will arrive in the area in the next day or so .... lucky sods. Wish I was there.
geobuz said
05:53 PM Jun 3, 2012
Water is very important. Heed the signs about it, unlike a group of young males and females who came up to us about a third of the way around and asked where they could get some drinking water. Think they went back the way they came.
wendyv said
12:04 AM Jun 5, 2012
There is a walking track that goes from Kathleen Springs through to Kings Canyon. We didn't have anyone travelling with us to do a vehicle shuttle, but did walk each end of it, backtracking to the vehicle. The Kings Canyon end is a really interesting walk, through domes a bit like the Bungles. We went up the "down" section of the Rim walk, for a little way, then the track veered off to the right. Well worth doing for any of you who travel there and like walking. It was not quite as strenuous as the main walk track that climbed up to the Rim - we'd done that a couple of days before.
Have just arrived at The Rock - can't wait to base walk the 9km around it and take lots of photos.....on on
did the walk a few years ago well worth it.take your time and plenty of water
rocan
Make sure that you have lots of time to do the walks round The Olgas. I prefered them to the rock. Especially if you wait quietly in a spot for the noise of tourists to fade .. then out come the birds.
But I really enjoyed the climb to the top of the rock.
Dont forget Kings Canyon, especially the walk up the canyon we thought it was magic.
Also a visit to Kathleen springs is a good walk to the waterhole.
ULP at the canyon was 226/l diesel was 233/l
Curtin springs is dearest at Diesel 234 ulp 237
cp at the canyon was 21/pp/n and is a very congenial place for a couple of nights
enjoy
frank
-- Edited by KFT on Friday 25th of May 2012 08:00:10 PM
Got to agree about Kings Canyon.
We walked / strolled up the centre, them climbed up to go round the ridge.
A helicopter ride over it all was the icing on the cake.
A great experience not to be missed.
They're not just sheer, the top edge actually overhangs in quite a few places. The very edge can be just a few hundred millimetres thick in places.
Fantastic pic Realy tells the story of Kings
My next door neighbours will arrive in the area in the next day or so .... lucky sods. Wish I was there.