Sunday 8^th July

Today was “bush bashing day”.  

This was the opportunity for Bob to test out the Ford Ranger vehicle without the caravan attached and sample some really good unsealed dirt roads.

Along the way we stopped to view some magnificent scenes from designated lookouts, as well as find some of those out of the way National Park camping spots for future reference. Upon Stokes Hill Lookout was a three dimensional relief made in some kind of metal, displaying Wilpena Pound and it was interesting to see the size of it  - I imagined I was hovering over it in a balloon.

One particular place we visited was named The Sacred Canyon, and here we saw some ancient rock carvings before climbing over rocks to reach what would have been a rock shelter for the Aborigines.  

In places we could see that during a wet period a waterfall would cascade from above.

Just beside the road Bob spotted a wedge-tailed eagle standing very still and letting those beady eyes focus on something – not sure what, but my camera was able to focus on it long enough to get this picture.

At the end of this day I lit a lovely fire in one of the designated fire pits scattered amongst the campground.  Blissfully I sat and wallowed in the flicker, warmth and glow while periodically prodding it to produce more of those lovely yellow dancing flames – yes a closet pyromaniac here.