Kings Canyon

The Mereenie Loop is hazardous we were warned
An attempt on this shortcut apt to leave us forlorn.
So opted to stay on the bitumen to our destination
A 7 hour drive before enjoying a few days relaxation.

Kings Canyon’s steep rim walk is a definite must do
As nature’s blue, red and green take on a vibrant hue.
A connected feeling as the wind rustles the leaves
Listen hard enough and the earth actually breathes.

The canyon’s cliff face eroded and sheer
With edges that instil such awe and fear.
Air full of butterflies and green budgerigars
Millions of flies plus flocks of noisy galahs.

Locust and lizards but no signs of a mammal
Earned a lunch of burgers made from camel.
Then in the early morn before the sun rose
Came the howling from a pack of dingoes.

On leaving Wattarka NP observed our surrounds
Of struggling vegetation growing in harsh ground.
Rounded mounds sprouting fresh spurts of green
In months they’ll become dry brown tumbleweeds.

Feather duster like desert oaks with long tap roots
Mulga bushes reawakening with their new shoots.
Flowering grasses scattered about in tussocks
Softening this arid landscape of granite red rocks.

Further west the scenery became more desolate
Yet our next destination we did excitingly anticipate.
Gasping at seeing Mount Conner also known as Foolaru
Yet another 100km before the true monolith that is Uluru.Read more