Sleeping in Swag 07/07/16

We had a lie in this morning as we didn’t have to be up for breakfast until 8am. After we had been getting up between 5-6am every day we were all quite excited.

Lisa made us a great cooked breakfast, with pancakes which were delicious. We stopped in Uluru again to pick up some lunch for later in the day, and then started our drive to Kings Canyon.

It was a really long drive so we stopped at a couple of roadhouses on the way, which were normal compared to the ones we had seen earlier in the trip.

Tonight was the night we were sleeping outside in swag, so we stopped to collect firewood for our group. I somehow managed to get a wood chip in my eye, which was really painful for ages! I dropped my glasses on the floor and then couldn't find them cause I couldn't open my eyes. 

When we got to our campsite, we stopped for lunch and then helped set up camp. Kath, Emily and I tried to book a helicopter ride over the canyon, but the pilot had been called back to Alice Springs which was a shame. 

We had to lay out the swags and start fires for the other Topdeck groups, who would be arriving later in the evening. Some of them had new swags, so we had to take them out of their boxes. 

We then spent the rest of the evening hanging out and drinking wine and champagne around the campfire. We played Uno and Go Fish and Lisa taught us about the different star constellations. It was so clear that you could see the milky way. Jacinta had an AMAZING photo of me, Lawrence, Kath and Ricky by the fire and some great shots of the milky way. 

Our usual five were the last to stay awake, along with Lisa, so we took our compulsory duck face selfies. 

Kath, Lawrence and I stayed up drinking and talking until the fire died. Loz was joking about us not being able to find out swags in the dark which had us all in hysterics. When the fire went out, it was totally black, so Kath and I had to use a torch, and glowsticks to find our way to the toilet block to get ready for bed. 

At one point, Kath thought she saw an animal, screamed and it turned out to be a piece of rubbish. For some reason we decided to make our glowsticks into hoop earrings, which has been a running joke throughout the trip. 

We eventually found our way back to the swag, although I didn't really want to get in. They were absolutely freezing and I didn’t want to zip it up completely, as it was really claustrophobic. As Kath put it, it was like sleeping in a coffin. As soon as we got in I was looking forward to the wake up call from Lisa.