Central Australia has a deserved place on most Australian s travel bucket list. Our editor writes about her experience getting there for the first time.
In the biblical Garden of Eden there were apples, but in the Garden of Eden inside Kings Canyon, everything is oranges. The canyon s iron-stained cliffs glow as brightly as flames, and their reflection is stencilled in orange across the dark pool of water at their base.
It s early morning and I m halfway around a trail that s often described as one of Australia s best day walks, circuiting the rim of the Northern Territory s Kings Canyon and dipping briefly into this Garden of Eden inside the canyon.
See Also
The sun is still low, and the heat is already high, but inside the Garden of Eden the riverbanks are lush, damp and bristling with cycads, a relict, fern-like plant that existed with the dinosaurs. The song of a grey shrike thrush lilts through the garden . It s the very definition of a desert oasis.
×
Please support independent journalism!
Already a subscriber? Please log in below. New to us? Please choose one of our offers and Get Started to become a subscriber.
Please support independent journalism!
Your current subscription does not provide access to this content.
All Access on your computer, phone & tablet
Replica Edition (PDF version)
Replica Edition (PDF version)
All Access on your computer, phone & tablet
Replica Edition (PDF version)