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Right, so where were we. The outback. The next point of interest we stopped at was a road in literally the middle of nowhere. Think it was the main central road through Australia. We must have stopped for what must have been 30 minutes and saw maybe about 3 vehicles drive past, mad right! Wouldnt wanna break down here. We took a few photos on each other on the road, to then continue towards Kings Canyon.

So here we are, Kings Canyon, the royal cavern of the outback. Only a short walk from the car park to the start. We went the steps route first, to then go around to a gradual slope down. I would probably recommend this way as there’s a lot of steps. You know the steps are gonna suck when there are 4 stopping points with benches and a defibrillator at the top. I’m not gonna lie I paced it all wrong and was shattered by the time I got to the top haha. So my word of advice is to pace it, don’t rush and take your time. You do get a nice view from the top.

Once we got back to the next camp spot, yours truly got asked to be head chef for steak night. Surprisingly I did a good job, seasoned the meat prior to the herbs we had in the supplies. I didn’t expect to get so much thanks for cooking, whether that was because it was actually tasty or that it doesn’t taste awful and they prefer not to cook. We spent the rest of the night having a drink and playing some games around the fire. I managed to take some star trails that night. It probably the first time I’ve properly tried to shoot the milky way. The sky was so clear, with no light pollution around. You can basically see where the Milky Way is by your eye. Here is one below.

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Next stop was Coober Peddy. Famous for mining opals. 70% of the population live underground as well! It was pretty mad to see. We stopped off at a shop and then made our way to our mine we were sleeping in that night. Its pretty strange. We went on a tour of the mine museum literally next to where we were staying. Imagine an Ikea show room but in a cave that’s what it looked like. The tour guide was pretty crazy. Making us closing the doors and turning the lights off, to be in pitch black. And then talks about the small air holes in the ceiling and goes ‘Should there be this many people in here’ due to oxygen. It then follows down into an actual mine showing the process. It was pretty interesting. Number one perk of living underground is you don’t have to pay for a roof. Another one from the guide that was. We also checked out a art centre which has a kangaroo rehabilitation centre behind. We were going to check up on the joey Dan found on the road side next to its dead mother from the week before. This little roo is only 6 weeks old. we went to the back where there were larger roos. Fun fact kangaroos love wasabi peas.

Went to a pizzeria straight after for dinner. A long table full of all sorts of pizza even kangaroo. Which obviously was a little twisted after just seeing some, I tried it, not a fan. A lot of the group wouldn’t try it which is understandable.

We went back to where we were staying for the night. Imagine a long tunnel with loads of bunk beds all along the walls with curtains diving the sections. That basically what we were sleeping in. It was pretty cool. And of course we got really drunk, played card games, made forts out of all the mattresses. It was a very odd by fun night.

The day after we left to go on route to Fliner ranges. We picked up loads of wild fruits, which look like little watermelons. To play a game where you open the window and see if you can hit a traffic sign. This is probably why there are so many growing along the route. Seed dispersion ;) Check out the video below to see a clip of it. On route to the next campsite, we stopped off at a park to cook lunch on a public barbecue. I was nominated to cook again. For lunch was kangaroo mince wraps and salad. Not gonna lie I wasn’t a fan of the mince. I’ve never cooked kangaroo in my life. After we got to our campsite, with a great social area, an actual cabin to sleep in. One of the best things about doing trips like this aside from seeing the amazing spots is the socialising and meeting new people. Shout out to the van crew!

In the morning we got up nice and early for a walk around Flinders Ranges. It was pretty cold to what we were used to in the north. We said our goodbyes in Adeliade to then start the next part of our trip.

Next Stop Great Ocean Road.