Day 10: Wilpena Pound to Arkaroola

First thing today before breaking camp Richie and I got up at 6am to walk up to the top of Mount Ohlsen Bagge with the the other families we met (1000m climb). It was a great walk with early morning views in all directions. On the way up we saw a wild goat with a kid, that provided a moment for a photo.

We then started our drive to Arkaroola. It was a rough dirt road with lots of dips where we crossed dry creek beds. I noticed that the trailer seemed to be pushing us down into the dips, so I pulled over to check the trailer brakes. Unfortunately I found the trailer plug lead dragging in the dirt with no end on it (oh well - press on). Twenty minutes later I blew the back right tyre and some colourful language was accidently released in front of the children (I had to reprimand Penny for that).

Anyway, eventually got to Arkaroola, which is a starkly spectacular spot. I was pleasantly surprised to find I could get a new tyre there and the trailer plug too.

After we set up camp we did a short trip down to the Arkaroola water hole as the sun was setting, which was a beautiful gorge. We drove most of the way and then walked in the rest. When we got in ther we spotted in total about 6 yellow footed rock wallabies, which are apparently quite rare.

PS - some guy told me the uranium used for the A Bombs in World War II came from Arkaroola - how about that? (I'm sure someone can confirm or deny that).