Day 18

Our pre retirement trial trip- day 18
304 km Yulara to Petermann NT

The aim today was to head to Watarrka National Park which includes the western end of the George Gill Range and incorporates Kings Canyon and Kathleen Springs. Job done ✔️

But before leaving Yulara we checked out the Camel Farm. They do Camel tours from here, but it’s free to look around the museum. And what we discovered was a possible Horrocks ancestral link. John Ainsworth Horrocks, from Lancashire UK, arrived in SA 1839 and established Penwortham Village.
He pioneered use of Camels in Australian exploration in an expedition to search for new agricultural lands near Lake Torrens. He had the first camel in Australia which he found to be temperamental, and unfortunately, became best known as the explorer who was shot by his own camel! He died 23rd September 1846 of his wounds 🐪🔫🪦
We will need to do a bit of research into him

Today’s journey took us back past Mount Connor, where we stopped at the lookout to walk over the sand dunes to the salt lake on the other side. The place we now know inspires the contemporary paintings of the Indigenous artist (Janice Stanley) we fell in love with at Yulara

The drive took us through changing landscapes from dry red dirt to rugged outcrops and we spotted our first wild horses.
short stop off at Kings Creek Station for fuel ($2.98l) before arriving at Kings Canyon Resort, our base for the next few days of adventuring.

Home for the night is Kings Canyon Resort
$70.80 (with gday discount) power and water, shower, toilets, laundry, pool, restaurant, bar with happy hour 4-5pmЧитать далее