Day 86 (Kings Canyon)

Kings Canyon Resort takes the piss out of camping...or at least removes the ability to call it camping when you're travelling with Adventure Tours – it's called Safari in Style Dahhhling ;)

I'm not complaining, I have to admit I loved my pre-erected tent complete with bed dressed with not one but two duvets and a towel!! Crazy!! I have however carried my roll mat all the way from Dublin to have used it only 2 times – once in Brugge on the first night when the bunk beds were so lopsided I couldn't risk climbing up in case I flatten Una and then once again somewhere in Turkey, again in a hostel not a campsite. Why am I still carrying it, well cos I paid for it and it's now a nice padded home for my boomerang ;)

We didn't get up to much after the free morning in Alice Springs..we spent the rest of the day driving with a stop or two at roadhouses on the route. One of those was at Mt Ebenezer where we checked out the gallery and had a quick snack. What was surprising about the day was that around 3pm something unusual happened – it started raining! We've not seen rain in quite a while (Ko Samui is the last I remember off the top of my head). We got off the bus at the roadhouse and everyone made a dash for the door to avoid getting too wet..all of us running around in our skimpy t's and shorts complete with flip-flops....what a sight!

I spent most of the evening sorting out photo backups (for me and a few others on the bus – we use electricity when we can!) and drinking stubbies. We're getting into the Australian spirit good and proper :)