Camping around the Kings Canyon area

We Stayed at the KC Resort Camping area and it was great. Good Facilities

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The Non Powered Sites were good. As usual the Powered Sites were Limited in area.

I totally agree with Wayne. The camp ground was very pleasant (but watch out for dingoes). We had a site on the perimetre, and watched the sunset over the range like in Wayne's photo from in front of the car. Close for an early start on the big climb and rim walk - one of the best walks of the trip. We booked for two nights so we didn't have to rush off when tired after the walk, and i wanted to walk into nearby Kathleen Gorge after we left the resort the next day. Cost was not a lot different to Kings Creek station.

Motherhen

The price is the same and the location / facilities are better than at Kings Creek Station. Not fires though, bummer.

Cheers

Steve

Yeap Kings Canyon Camp Grounds get the nod from me.

Good camp sites, showers and toilets and you can even go for a meal at the Tavern or Resort and catch some live music.

One other thing at KC they have a live band called the Roadies. The food is good and I can say it was one of the best boot stomping, feet tapping, singalong nights I have had for a long time.

I think KC was the highlight of our trip. Even the shorter much easier walk through the Canyon is breath taking. The start of the rim walk is a hard slog and many people who started did not make it to the top. Unless you are super fit then I recommend the easier walk.
Cheers
Wayne

We were camped in the KC Resort last week - had a great time and ended up booking in for an extra night - cost $34 a night for the 2 of us - worth every cent.

Hi Phil; pleased to hear you enjoyed Kings Canyon. When we were there in 2008 it was $33 powered for two, and $27 unpowered, so $1 rise over two years not bad. The ownership of the resort has changed hands from Voyages to another company.

Mh

Hi MH,
It was great to revisit Kings Canyon. My previous visit was 32 years ago!! When we did the trip back then, you had to call in to Wallara Ranch, fill up with petrol, and the guy behind the bar (one of the Cotterills I think) would get out a pad and pencil and draw you a mudmap of the walk. No resorts, no signposts - just a loop at the end of the dirt road at the base of where the Rim walk starts. We found our way up the top, got a bit lost in the Lost City, but found the wooden bridge to the lookout on the edge and did a very hairy climb into the Garden of Eden. We were supposed to come back the way we came, but couldn't reclimb the wall, so ended up climbing out the north side and found our way back to the carpark similar to where the walk goes now.

We camped about 5 k's away at Reedy Rockhole (now a protected area). Sandy track in there - almost got the Corolla bogged as we booted it across the sand. I must dig up some old photos and scan them sometime! There's been quite a change.

Cheers
Phil

I take it from the gist of the comments above that camp fires are allowed at KC station? any suggestion on where wood can be collected, is it self explanatory?

Will be there in a week or so.
Thanks,
MadCowz

I`ve read the Maps Australia book now and it ( free camp No 47 ) is 48 k N from the Lasseter Hwy or 20 k S of the Ernest Giles Rd junction.

Scrubby.

Sounds like the one we stopped at for lunch; a nice spot amongst the desert oaks. I went for a walk up the dune and looked over the area campers have gone into to see it covered with those notorious white streamers! UGH. I recall there were bins at the rest area too.

Motherhen

Don't leave anything

You say don't tell any one but if you get caught then you'll cop a big fine and also you take the risk of the locals getting annoyed by that and cancelling access to the land. Better to play by the rules so it stays open for every one

?? Didn't see any no camping signs

Right about those dingoes taking anything. Dingoes even dragged our sullage hose out of the sullage pit and towards the bush during the night. Luckily is was well attached to at the caravan end. Neighbouring caravanners reported to another caravanner that while they were at the Canyon, a dingo stole their dog's dinner from right in front of their tethered small dog.

Mh

One night the wife was bathing kiddies in the shower block
and i was doing the dishes in the communal sink about 20 mtrs from camp.
As i was walking back and could see this bloke hovering in front of our awning,
so as i got closer i could see the twit was filming a dingo sniffing around in our awning area.(no food left all put away).
So i shoed the dingo away,and turned to the twit.
Well done Enstien was my comment.
I was hoping karma would visit him in the form of a dingo and
bleep in his awning area. Sorry rant over now. :)

bleep a good place to visit.

Cheers Ian.