After not having dinner... we heard some rumors about a road being closed due to bush fires... we could not believe this since we haven't spotted any Aussie fire extinguisher or park ranger yet near a plume of smoke... but after checking with the reception it was confirmed that they closed a road... to be more precise... they closed THE road, Luritja Road, at Kings Creek... the only way out heading away from the Roadies and the Kings Canyon Resort kitchen towards Uluru, our next stop, tomorrow... at least... that was the plan...
Kings Canyon to Uluru, about 350 kilomaters of highway... doable in half a day... but since that road is closed... there is no other way out then to go the way we came in... back over the Mereenie loop desert dirt road (200 km)... then continue back to Alice Springs (another 170 km) and then over Stuarts Highway and Lasseter Highway to Uluru (another 470 km)...
So we plan an early rise for the morning, still hoping that the road will have been opened up by then...
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