The Olgas - Valley of the Winds walk

Like the Rock, the Olgas or Katajuta, is not what you expect after seeing it from a distance. We expected a group of massive round rocks which in a way it is but so much more with valleys and gorges separating them. Monday when we did the walk the rain that they'd been expecting since Sunday began lightly and by the time we finished the walk 7kms later it was pouring -waterfalls coming off the rocks our reward for a drenching! The rain did then not let off until 24 hours later leaving our campsite a red muddy wet place to be! Boys had fun with the mud though! We were due to leave for Kings Canyon but stayed another day and night to avoid packing up a wet caravan in the pouring rain. Friends who'd left for KC the day before left early due to muddy caravan sites and the rim walk which is the main attraction being closed due to a flooded creek you need to cross, so i'm glad we didnt make the effort for that! Instead we had a fun relaxing day -mud fun for the boys, washing mud fun for me! and by lunchtime it had dryed out and warmed up enough for a swim. The rest of the afternoon was spent dot painting.

The Olgas were like rocks that had been stuck in melted rock, really unusal. Btw, katatjua is aboriginal for 'many heads'! not surprising!



So, depending on whether the water has subsided and the mud dried up, we will either head to Kings Canyon or otherwise straight to Alice Springs -find out in the next installment of Ramsdens Ramblings!!