Wilpena

This morning we set out for Wilpena Pound. The scenery was spectacular, so we had quite a few photo stops. We drove on past Wilpena to Bilman where we had a picnic lunch.

We called again at Wilpena Visitor Centre on the way back, to go on the bus trip, only a couple of kms, to where a walk into the edge of Wilpena Pound begins. We were driven to the beginning of the track, and dropped off about 3.10pm. The driver said he'd be back to get us in 2 hours, and gave us directions for the walk. We had a lovely walk up to an old homestead, and then further up to a lookout, then back along a differnt track. The scenery was spectacular, we took heaps of photos. We arrrived back at the pick-up spot at about 5.10pm....the bus was suppose to arrive at 5.15pm. We waited until 5.25pm, still no bus, so Dave suggested we'd better start walking. It was 2kms along a dirt road, and getting darker by the minute...still no bus. We eventually came to the end of the main road and found our way, in the dark by now, back to the info centre. It was of course closed by this...about 6.05pm. The girl who was just closing up in the cafe gave us the number of the fellow who'd driven us up, and he apologised profusely. I think the info centre needs to have a better system in place for such events. All-in-all it was a pretty good day...great scenery.