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Mereenie Loop Attractions

The Mereenie Loop road is an excellent alternative route back to Alice Springs from the popular sights at Yulara, and requires a pass to travel through Aboriginal land to Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon) and Finke Gorge National Park which includes Palm Valley. We first camped at Kings Canyon near the resort and after the walk through Kings Canyon and Palm Valley we camped again in the Finke Gorge national Park.

Kings Canyon, is in the George Gill Range, itself a part of the James Range, is spectacular sight - sheer, 100m walls of brilliantly coloured rock, including the Garden of Eden at the head of the gorge with a deep pool and moist-climate vegetation. "The tall, shimmering palms that grace Palm Valley seem out of place in the dry desert environment, but they are a remarkable remnant from a time when central Australia was a much wetter, tropical place." - Lonely Planet



Campsite at Kings Canyon Resort
Campsite at Kings Canyon Resort		 View from campsite
View from campsite		 Kathleen Springs walk, dune vegetaion
Kathleen Springs walk, dune vegetaion
Kathleen springs walk, old cattle corral and flowers
Kathleen springs walk, old cattle corral and flowers		 Kathleen springs walk, flowers
Kathleen springs walk, flowers		 Kathleen Springs walk, desertscape
Kathleen Springs walk, desertscape
Kathleen Springs walk, Dune Daisies
Kathleen Springs walk, Dune Daisies		 Kathleen Springs walk, Aboriginal grinding stones,
Kathleen Springs walk, Aboriginal grinding stones,		 Kings Canyon Rim Walk, resting
Kings Canyon Rim Walk, resting
Kings Canyon Rim Walk, beehive rock formations
Kings Canyon Rim Walk, beehive rock formations		 Kings Canyon Rim Walk, lizard
Kings Canyon Rim Walk, lizard		 Kings Canyon Rim Walk, tree
Kings Canyon Rim Walk, tree
Kings Canyon Rim Walk, going down
Kings Canyon Rim Walk, going down		 Kings Canyon Rim Walk, across the gorge and down
Kings Canyon Rim Walk, across the gorge and down		 Palm Valley walk, at the outset
Palm Valley walk, at the outset
Palm Valley walk, looking down,
Palm Valley walk, looking down,		 Palm Valley walk, view from cave high over Finke rRver
Palm Valley walk, view from cave high over Finke rRver		 Palm Valley walk, the ancient bed of the Finke River
Palm Valley walk, the ancient bed of the Finke River
Palm valley walk, red cabbage palms
Palm valley walk, red cabbage palms		 Palm Valley walk, Finke River walls
Palm Valley walk, Finke River walls		 Palm Valley walk, spinifex on the plateau
Palm Valley walk, spinifex on the plateau
Palm Valley walk, tracks
Palm Valley walk, tracks		 Campsite at Palm Valley on the banks of the Finke River
Campsite at Palm Valley on the banks of the Finke River

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Tom LeRoy01-Aug-2016 14:42
A most interesting and beautiful area with great images to illustrate your descriptions!
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