Erldunda Footy Final

Before leaving Alice we watched as Collingwood were eliminated from the rest of the years matches by a great side Sydney Swans. Hope that they do well against the hawks in the Grand final. we watched the second semi at Erldunda tavern with allan and carol who are from Adelaide and of course Crows supporters. They are also disappointed with the crows demise, but, hey, there's always next year and nobody knows that saying like a Collingwood supporter.
Next day it's off to Kings Canyon. We stay at kings Creek station that is manned by international back packers. We're fine with that although language can still be a problem. Anyone rang Telstra  or Bigpond with problems lately?Anyway, we find our site with the help of a Geordie on a quad bike, out here on a two year working visa and about to leave at the end of the month because "It'll be too hot ay." Settle in and we still have plenty of time to explore Kings Canyon. Visit the resort first and check out their campinmg facilities and there is definitely more grass. We have red sand. The walk into Kings canyon was great. An easy walk in 34C heat and we should have taken our water with us but you learn from these things. Some insane people took the rim tour and we saw them half way up to the top of the canyon and they looked as if they were struggling, I know we would have been at that stage. At the end of the canyon, a school group arrived as we were appreciating the dramatic views. They set up for a group shot and we got out before take 18 or "stop mucking around" from one of the teachers. Chat resulted in they were staying at same place and putting a concert on tonight, please come along...... Bairnsdale secondary College band and the concert was VERY good.Off to Curtin Springs station next morning and caught a glimpse of what we thought was the ROCK but instead it was the equally impressive Mt.Connor as we came back to the intersection to turn to Ularu.

Curtin Springs is a station of about a million acres, yeah thats right!! it's 1,600 sq miles.. In a practical sense that's a lot of ground to look after. So if the homestead is in the centre, it's 2 days travel to the front gate. Our perth friends Ivan and Chris, in Ivans job he called a station owner once and was asked where are you, he replied at your front gate, the farmer replied OK I'll see you in two days, cos thats how long it took from the homestead to the front gate..WOW..