The Kings Canyon Rim Walk starts about 10 km east of the Resort so we had to pack up for the day in order to drive to the start of the walk. The start of the walk could be a bit intimidating, with all kinds of safety warnings. For example if the days max temperature is going to be over 36°C (approx 100°F) then it is manditory to start the walk before 9:30 am (there is a gate to enforce this). Along the walk there are periodic emergency beacon stations where walkers can signal for help (like one of those personal safety satellite devices), there are periodic helicopter landing zones and large outdoor medical chests. One can only conclude that lots of people have been injured and/or rescued on this walk; or maybe the parks management are a little overly cautious.

Anyway, for us the day was cool and the walk fabulous. Lots of red stone and blue sky. I will let the photos tell that story.

After our enjoyable walk we drove about 40km down the road to King Creek Station, where we had planned to camp for the night. This is primarily a tourist business but in addition the station exports camels to various parts of the world. One of the hands told us that a current fashion that is driving some of their camel sales is a demand for camel's milk. Who would have thought.

Proved to be a very nice, though rustic, place. We had a shady camp kitchen to ourselves.

Dinner was a camel burger.