The 4am dingo choir woke us early, so after a snooze we did an early pack up and hit the road at 8.30
Before packup we met Maria Coast Fishing charters camped nearby and a Dingo ran off with our compressor hose - cheeky for sure (got it back - no teeth holes).
Lovely view of the last of the Canyon walls in our rear vision mirror as we head to the McDonnel Ranges - we let the tyres down at the gravel road and the days adventure begins
Giant ruts in the red centre slowed us down to a crawl at some points “careful driving techniques” advised on the road signs- that’s true!
Starting to see a few small termite mounds here
A barrel painted with “Lift um foot” - aboriginal for slow down 🙂 feeling very outback today ..
Also saw a washing machine by the side of the road 😳nice place to have one!
Made it to Ormiston Gorge - only 20 camp spots available so very happy to get one. Great Kiosk with the most amazing raspberry and banana cake with maple syrup.
The 7km Pound Walk was incredible - we seem to be doing a tour of the pounds. This one took us around the outer rim then over and into the “crater”. We walked across to some soaring cliffs on the other side, crossing some creek beds and rock hopping was fun. Walking into the gorge flanked by towering vivid orange cliffs not even 20 meters apart, we came across a series of waterholes and a young couple who showed us footage of a rock wallaby - the last waterhole was deep and surrounded by sand.
Camp site is lovely except for a bunch of boys playing battlefields around us (grrrrr)
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