Kings Canyon, der heimliche Star des Outbacks

Our last stop in the outback was the Kings Canyon, which is part of the Watarra national parks. Some of the cliffs are up to 100 m high here.

We decided to Rimweg to make a loop trail that leads along 6 km of the canyon.

Also, most animals have to hide themselves due to the milder winter climate, so we only got one or the other lizard to face.

With pleasantly warm temperatures, around 4 hours pass so quickly, but I would not imagine how hot things get here in the summer to me. After a relatively steep climb it then goes on first time flat.

The sandstone at Kings Canyon consists of two different ages, different hard and is 400 and 440 million years old. The softer sandstone is broken and slowly formed a gap of more and more eroded in the soft area just up the canyon was formed.

Erosion by rain and wind created Schricke between the individual layers and formed so here is a unique dome scenery.

An often-seen bird in Kings Canyon is called the Spinifextaube or Rotschopftaube.

Here in the outback camels were brought here because they get along well with the desert-like conditions decades ago. Meanwhile, the animals are bred here and resold in the Middle East, since a very pure race results.

We were accommodated at the Kings Creek Station, a camping site on the we rented a cabin more than overpriced.

Strangely, we have seen throughout the Outback a single kangaroo, but lo and behold, a dingo in the early morning hours on the roadside!

On our last day we went back Outbacktrips back to Alice Springs, this time over the Mareenie Loop, a gravel road that can only be traveled by road vehicles.

Again, we got a rather emaciated dingo to face, literally blocked our way.

In the last section, there are countless rock formations that you can visit, due to our fatigue we saw only the Glen Helen Gorge in before we gave back our car filled to the Third times in 4 days with 90 euros and diesel.

Although so a trip to the Outback is not exactly a cheap company, I am almost completely sure that I'm only doing this once in a lifetime, definitely was this road trip a highlight on my trip around the world!