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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Larry
2006-05-27 03:23:16

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the best days of my entire
trip! For anyone thinking about visiting Ayers Rock, don't leave the area
without seeing Kings Canyon!! The longer Kings Canyon hike is absolutely
gorgeous. Just start early, and take plenty of water.
The start of the hike is the most strenuous: you basically have to hike
up the canyon wall from the bottom to the top. It wasn't easy. But once
you reach the top, the rest of the 6km is an easy, flat walk along the rim
of the canyon, before descending back down to the base. I shot two rolls of
film on the hike, and enjoyed it more than Ayers Rock. Along the way, I
caught up with an Australian-run tour, and just kind of tagged along with
them for a bit to hear some of the canyon's history and facts. The guide
didn't mind at all, even though I wasn't part of the group.
After I finished the hike around 10:30am, I got in the car and started
the drive back to Alice Springs. However, in order to get to Alice Springs
from Kings Canyon on the sealed road, you have to backtrack a good 150km
towards Ayers Rock. There is a direct road that goes towards Alice Springs,
but it's a dirt road, and the rental car agreement stipulated sealed roads
only. The sealed road seemed like such backtrack, that I actually drove up
to the dirt road to check it out. The previous day, the lady at the Mobil
station mentioned that she takes this dirt road all the time, as do most
locals, and that it's really not that bad, so I actually drove for a few kms
on it. However, after a few minutes, I turned around to take the sealed
road because my main priority at that point was to save time, and while the
dirt road was more direct, I couldn't go much faster than 60kph on it, while
I could easily drive 140kph the whole way to Alice Springs on the sealed
road.

ALICE SPRINGS (Part II)
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