This day started miserably progressively got worse and then the sun came out. I set off fairly early along the now muddier tracks. The trail winds through some farmland then enters a southern section of the Kuitpo Forrest reserve.
It started raining heavier as I came to the Chookarloo Camping area which was my intended stop but after looking around at all the drowned camp spots I decided to keep moving and see if anything better came up.
It's a little harder with more civilisation to find quiet little camp spots outside of the designated spots. The forest headquarters had a map showing a horse camping area further south called Jacks Paddock so I decided to head further.
At least the sun came out for the afternoon. Took a bit to find the paddock as its not on the Heysen itself but a horse trail. I found it ok and managed to sleep through the racket Koalas were making.
I was thinking as one grumbled very close to the tent that Koalas sound like the scariest animal in the Australian bush when there grunting at each other. When I got up one had climbed the tree near the tent and as I looked up with the headtorch on he looked down at me and his eyes glowed yellow. Sound scary and look scary in the dark.
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