We've had no coverage for the last few days, so it's catch up time.

Sunday 22 July – Well we did get a good sleep with no disturbances, and didn’t wake till about ten to eight.  After brekkie we rang Margaret for her birthday (Happy Birthday Margaret!), packed down the van and left the park at about 9.30.  By the time we got petrol and picked up some bread and fruit at the local IGA supermarket, it was around 10am when we actually left the resort.

It was quite windy today for the first couple of hundred kilometres, but the last hundred or so it was much calmer.  We had a pretty uneventful drive, and as far as wildlife went it was almost non-existent – 1 eagle. 3 cows and 3 hawks.  That was until we arrived at our camping spot for the next two nights at Kings Creek Station – about 39 km before you get to Kings Canyon.  Here they run a very large camel business, part of which are camel rides, so they had quite a lot of camels in an enclosure near their entrance.  We had been recommended this place by some fellow travellers back in Coober Pedy, and it’s good.

It of course has virtually no grass, and the sites are just red bulldust, and it has quite a bit of character.  And tomorrow when we go into Kings Canyon, we don’t need to take the van.  And we had a first today!  When we checked in, the Asian girl at the reception office asked if we had a Seniors card, and so we got a 10% discount.  We’ve noticed there are quite a few Asian people working at these places, also an awful lot of them travelling, too.  In fact we have seen a couple cycling, with all their gear attached to their bikes.  I don’t mean they were travelling together but we’ve seen them at two separate times.  Gutsy effort, that’s for sure.  The one we saw today was peddling hard against a strong headwind and didn’t look too comfortable.

Anyway, we are installed here, didn’t do anything this afternoon except sit out in the sun with a cuppa (or three) reading my book and resting up for the walk tomorrow at Kings Canyon.

Today’s interesting fact – three days ago, when heading towards Uluru we got petrol at Curtin Springs at $2.05 per litre, and today when we topped up there on our way here, it was $2.17 per litre.  Not a bad hike in three days!