Last part of the Outback Tour

April 26
We got up at 5.30am (so another lie in) James cooked hos toast on the campfire. We had a short bus trip to Kings Canyon for the Ridge walk, a mere 6km all done before 9.45am. Todays walk was a bit harder then yesterdays but not as hard as Mount Ohlssen. It had a very steep part at the beginning then leveled off for most of the rest of it. We got shoe\wn the very rare pigmy koalas. James stood on the top of a rock formation just to get his photo taken!
We had an early lunch today (10.30am) as we had a long journey back to Alice Springs.
On the way back Horty stopped suddenly as he saw a thorny devil on the road (how he spotted it I don't know!) We took photos of it.

Ooh, You Thorny Devil

Also saw a dead Kangaroo (the skeleton) holding an empty bottle of Jim Beam!
We stopped off at a camel farm - didn't have a camel ride though as we felt we'd had enough of that from India. Took photos of a Dingo and Kangaroos with their Joeys.
We got to Alice Springs around 5pm - After a whopping 3125km altogether!!
We relaxed in our room for a bit then headed into town to meet up with the others at Bojangles. James had a Kangaroo pie. Stayed at the pub for few more drinks and a bit of dancing and headed back around 1am.

April 27
We woke up after the sun was up - how strange! We checked out and got a bacon sarnie for brekkie. Went to the Baby Kangaroo Sanctuary. Here we were able to hold little joeys. James' one was called Hannah and mine was Dave, they were around 7 months old.

Ahh, Aren't they Cute Roos.

We also saw 2 that were 5 months old. This place is great it looks after baby kangaroos that have been rescued from their mothers pouch after they have died, mainly from road kills. They were so cute and really soft.
Went for a drink with Megi, Laura and Sophie to say goodbye before heading to the airport for our flight to Cairns.
We arrived at Cairns around 5pm and got a lift to our resort/backpackers place. Settled in, did a whole load of washing as all our clothes seemed to be covered in red dirt! Then went out for dinner.

Last part of the Outback Tour

Alice Springs, Australia