Wilpena Pound

This morning it was so cold when we woke up our breath made condensation in the caravan!!! It was really fresh!! We got moving and warmed up by doing the short hike to Arkaroo. It was a great walk, and the artwork was.....there. 

We hiked back to camp, and deciding to stay here another night, we unhitched the car and set off for Wilpena. We reached the information centre, got some information about the local hikes, and set off, intending on doing a short 6km hike. 

Troy then decided he would prefer to do the outer rim hike, a 14km one, so we changed course to that one. Along the way we saw Grug!!

It was a medium grade hike til we reached the vertical climb!! We made it up though, and enjoyed the views from the top of the pound. 

We then set off for what we thought was the right track to finish the circuit, but it turned out this was a different trail, only 12km back to Wilpena!! On the way down we saw Hills Homestead,

And some kangas!!

All up we hiked about 20km, and the hot chocolate we had at the end went down a treat!! We bought some marshmallows and snuck a shower at the campsite before returning to our camp, just in time to find some firewood before dark. 

We had another great fire with marshmallows and damper, a Stella speciality, before bed.