Day 15 - echobacktrack and astronomy

Today we went on a drive called echo camp backtrack. We set off at about 9:00 and  started our drive. We went passed the Arkaroola waterhole and started the 4WD track. It was really fun going up the low range hills and then coming back down. Dad and I loved it but mum doesn't like that stuff that much. It was a really fun rocky track and we stopped at Bararranna Gorge. The gorge was really nice and when you walked further into the gorge there was a really nice waterhole full of water. We sat there for a while looking at the water and then we Decided to keep going with the track. The rest if the track was just a normal 4WD track and when it finished a few of us stopped for lunch at Arkaroola Springs. When driving into Arkaroola Srings we saw a Mummy and Daddy Emu with about 7 chicks. They were so cute! We stayed there for a while eating lunch and sitting in the shade more than anything. We then drove home past Jaspers twins, which were 2 big rocks, and the Ocher wall. When we got back to camp we got ice-creams and went to the pool for a little bit before I went to have a shower. For the rest of the afternoon we just relaxed until dinner. After dinner me and dad went up to do an astronomy tour thing. Quite a few of us did it and it was awesome! We went up into a dome thing where part of the roof came down to show parts of the sky. Our tour guy was the owner of this place, Doug Sprigg, and first he showed us Saturn through the telescope. It looked like it should of been fake but it was the real Saturn and we could see the rings and the colours and Saturns only moon which is actually the same size as Earth. Doug then took outside so he could show us come of the things we would look at and to show us some contilations. We then went back inside and he showed us different galaxy's and clusters of starts. The last one he showd us was really cool. When you look at it with the naked eye it looks like a dust cloud in the sky but when we looked at it through the telescope it was acually a whole bunch of stars together and then they spread out. It was an amazing experience. Tomorrow is our last full day of the MySwag trip. 

Today's blog is written by Chloe :)