Kings Canyon, Ancient Sandstone

This post is dedicated to Mandy, because your undergrad studies is related to rocks and you like to hike.

The hike at Kings Canyon is beautiful. We wake up early (6/6:30am to arrive at 7/7:30am) to ensure that we complete the walk before it gets too hot. I don’t recall how hot it was when we are there, but somewhere in the high 30ºC sounds about right. It is recommended that we bring 3 litres of water with us where ever we go.

Some say this is better than Uluru (Ayers Rock). Would I recommend going there? Yes.

Steps to the Kings Canyon; View at the top.
…even if we had to climb these steps.
Camel looking rock formation.
One of my tour mates says this looks like a camel. He says, “It’s beautiful.” I wanted to say, “You’re beautiful, too.” Kinda creepy, so I didn’t say it.
Rocks hovering above, almost dome-like.
Sometimes when you’re struck by beauty, you don’t really know how to absorb it until you look at the photos after the fact. This is one of those places.
Drops between rock cliffs.
It can be dangerous. Stay 2m away from the edge!
Red rocks all around. You can see the layers of sediments showing the years of build up.
The red sandstones are all around.
Pretty yellow bird.
Yellow bird.

I have adjusted the colours for these images to match what I saw, and I’m still not sure if I portrayed it correctly. Some things you just gotta see with your naked eyes (sunnies recommended).

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