Flinders Ranges - Rawnsley park

One of my favourite things to do apart from camping and fishing is to go camping and 4WD'ing.

This year our destination was Rawnsley park - a lazy 5 hour drive due north (when not towing 2 1/2 ton of van behind you).

This place is literally in the middle of nowhere and has some amazingly beautiful walks, drives and views surrounding it. There is even a 4 star resort set back down the road for those that really want to experience a bit of luxury in the middle of the country

The next couple of days were spent exploring Wilpena pound and some of the nearby gorges, walking trails and 4WD tracks. No amount of photos can show just how amazing these views really are

 

It is also fair to say that the mornings may have been just a touch cold for those poor suckers within our group that were braving it out in swags - but I am reliably told they are actually quite warm inside - if I wasn't too old and achey to get in and out of something that was laying on the hard ground, I may have known this!

We went on a walk up to the top of one of the long mountain walks, and fair to say the kids may have not been overly happy with the time and difficulty that it took to get there. (It was only about 8k up a steep rocky hill - if us 50 something year olds can do it without dying, then surely they could??? )

The following days were filled with more driving, more sunsets, more walking, more happy kids and lots of laughs.

Have I said before how much I love camping?