The road out west is perfectly smooth, good quality and meandering through the West MacDonnell Ranges and the many floodways that cross its route. We passed by all the big name gorges such as Ellery, Stanley and Ormiston to a our destination 20Km west of Glen Helen. The grounds are part of the National Parks and cost $12.50 a night. They are equipped with an extremely clean drop toilet, free gas barbecues at each site, and an iron fire pit with a removable cooking grate. In short, they are fantastic for the location.
About 5 minutes further up, there is a short walk into Redbank Gorge which is just stunning.
It was less than hour return trip and a relatively easy walk and if it was an example of what we will see elsewhere , we are going to have some great days ahead.
Back at the van, we started the fire and Tyler decided to cook the sausages over the fire rather than on the BBQ.
The night slowly disappeared around the fire with a few glasses of red wine, and roasting Marshmallows.
As the fire burnt out, the cold became more apparent (-1 forecast), so we all cleaned up as best as we could with the buckets of water and got into bed to keep warm.
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