Well here we are “ON THE ROAD AGAIN”, this time at a favorite camp at CHOOKALOO, yes, the spelling is correct. This is a nice camping area in the Kuitpo Forest about half an hour from home, between Willunga to the west and Meadows to the east, camping is only permitted during the cooler months April till November due to the fire bans in this area. Chookaloo is maintained by Forestry S A and a small fee of $3-00 per person per night, basically it is bring everything although there is pit toilets for those with a need, we just hold on.
T here is kangaroos but rarely seen, however, a large variety of birds can be observed all over the camp grounds. (Please do not feed the fauna as our food is not their stable diet & they can a, become dependent on humans for food thus lose their skills of getting their own b, our food can make them sick and shorten their lives). Dogs are permitted and our faithful mutt Misty loves the freedom, no matter where we go she is only half a step behind, although she is getting on in years now here she thinks she is still a puppy.
Well Saturday was a disaster, forecast an occasional shower and it was, one in fact, started at 12:30 stopped at 6:30 just the one continuous rain constantly changing from drizzle to bucketing down, yet we struggled through inside the van. Magpies kept us entertained trying to coerce us into giving them food, they failed miserably yet the Kookaburra’s sat on the post looking at us sitting in the van keeping out of the rain, then along came some Kangaroo’s for a peek a boo with several varieties of parrots, gala’s and cockatoo’s it was really great.
I will not mention that I ran out of gas in the caravan which meant a quick trip McLaren Vale to have the gas bottle refilled, it was nice a sunny there, once back on top of the hill the hill the rain continued.
