dieseltojo wrote:
Sounds like a place to stay away from OT, I just read the same info as posted and the bloke that tried to reopen the place was run off at spear point.....
Curtain Springs is a great place and offers free camping or the whole box and dice.
some leave the van there and travel to the Rock and then to Kings canyon.
I did the drive to the canyon with the van and stayed at the resort there, but it is $ 40-00 per night no power.
Quoting my post just to save re writing.
And just a note on The Kings Canyon Resort.
I had an incident here as it was NT Day and the free camp spot is stuck out the back adjacent National Park.There is a board walk out from the van park to watch the sunset.
It was a fire ban so no fireworks or fires at the time.
But at about 10-30 pm some fire works were let of and whilst lying in bed watching telly we were showered with Ash and granular debris that sounded like hail.
I went out and this goose was lighting fire works from the banned area of the Nat Park and the vans were copping the out fall.
I approached the bloke who had on a bushman's coat and asked what the hell was he doing and that I have expensive solar panels that I don't want damage with hot ash.
He said he was finished and it was just harmless ash....
So I went to the office and complained, filled in a letter with the facts and said that in daylight, If any damage happened they would be looking at an insurance claim.
I insisted that they send out a person with a ladder and torch to have a look , which they did.
It turns out the individual was a fellow camper, that we now could not identify and so they refunded my $40-00 nights fee.
I have a couple of marks on the roof, but I reckon it not worth pursuing. The resort did all they could and after all it was not their personnel.
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