An hours drive from Kingston is the 42 Mile
Crossing camping area in the SA National Park on the Coorong. Before Richard Fidler is able to finish ABC Conversations
for the day, Matilda is unhitched and set up in an area that could be described
as a bird sanctuary. The surrounding trees abound with parrots, wagtails,
magpies and honeyeaters producing the birdsongs that you hear on recordings as
background to classical or chill-out albums.
There are several others campers here – a
camping bus, a big RV, a family with their van, and campers in amongst the
trees. But there is enough room and you can feel that you are the
only ones here.
The true meaning of the Limestone Coast can
be seen here as the gravel road to the camp site appears to be the product of
the millions of shells in this area, and together with the dampness of the
recent showers results the in the car and van being coated with a dusting of
white powder
It’s 1.6km 4WD driving over the sand dunes
to the beach, and the surf fishing begins – and ends some time later with no
produce. We know it’s going to come soon. But as we are rodding (as distinct
from fishing) groups of dolphins cavort in the surf, one group of three surfing
the waves like their trained captive cousins in the Gold Coast amusement parks.
Back in the camping ground, a big grey
kangaroo bounds along the track and into the bush. Somehow this is not
surprising given the amount of kangaroo evidence around the campsite (yes, it’s
skippy poo everywhere). Nightfall comes with a full moon in a slightly clouded sky and we are fortunate
to be south of the flooding rains that are causing havoc around Adelaide and to
the north thereof.
That’s it. Time for a bourbon.
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