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Happiness Is The Road
We awoke and looked out to the wonderful sight of kangaroos everywhere. There were loads of them eating leaves from trees and just generally mooching about. Kangaroos always make us feel very happy. Whilst having brekky we were visited by the owners cute little dog, Sam. This had been such a brilliant place to stay with all the wildlife making it all the more wonderful. We had decided though to stay tonight down at the Windy Harbour campground in the D'Entrecasteaux National Park where I had stopped back in November. After brekky we drove into Northcliffe and then onward to the national park about 20 kilometres away. On the way down there we saw loads of cows in a field and then we saw emus in the field with them. There were an incredible number of emus in the field. There were at least 30 of them and the most we have seen in one place. It was amazing. We stopped the camper van and Jay got out to take some photos. As soon as Jay got out the emus heard her and fled across the field. She still managed to get some great photos of them though. They really are funny birds. We then carried on and stopped at Mount Chudalup which was about half way to Windy Harbour. It is a 187 metre high granite outcrop. I climbed it when I was last here and it provides a panoramic view of the area. The weather was overcast today with some showers but luckily they kept away for our walk. I thought that Mount Chudalup was quite eerie when I was last here. It was just as eerie today. There was no one else here which just added to the spooky atmosphere. We made our way up the path to the summit through a beautiful wooded area but feeling as if the trees and the rock itself had eyes and were watching us. There was an energy pulsing through this area that I could feel and although we didn't feel threatened we didn't think that we were welcome either. The spirits of this incredible place were here. It was very vibrantly green and lush here with lots of beautiful plants. The path eventually came out from the woods and led onto Chudalup's granite. From here it was a bit of a rock scramble to the summit. The view was magnificent. We had a 360 degrees panoramic view of the low undulating flatland and to the majestic Southern Ocean and the coastal cliffs. We could see bands of rain over the sea sweeping in towards the coast. After taking in the view we made our way down and back to the camper van. The spirits watched us go. From here we drove the rest of the way to the coast. On the way I had to do an emergency stop as a couple of emus suddenly strutted out from the side of the road. They were in a right flap not knowing which way to run and scurried off into the bush in a complete fluster. We carried on to Point D'Entrecasteaux and sat in the camper van here admiring the dramatic coastal view. We had some lunch here but couldn't go for a walk as rain was now battering down. We then drove into the cute little settlement of Windy Harbour full of lovely characterful wooden houses and through to the camp ground. I had really enjoyed my stay at this camp ground last time around and was looking forward to staying here again. We got there to find the camp ground completely empty apart from a couple of kangaroos mooching about. This was good as we like it quiet but we soon discovered why it was empty. The whole camping area was waterlogged and there was nowhere we could go without getting stuck in mud. This was a real shame but obviously not meant to be. We decided that we would go back to the Aroundtu-It Caravan Park in Northcliffe as we had liked it there so much. We drove back to Northcliffe taking care not to run down any hysterical emus. When we got back to Aroundtu-It we went to see Helen who owns the place along with her husband Dave. We checked back in for two more nights. We had a long chat with Helen who was ever so lovely and fussed over the cute little Sam dog. We asked about the alpacas and whether they nipped. She told us that they were gentle and wouldn't nip. She said that they may come for a stroke and fuss especially if they thought you had food. She told us that they all had names. Although the kangaroos were wild they had hand reared some of them. After this we went to see all the animals. The alpacas seemed reasonably happy to see us again but not really willing to be stroked or fussed. Henry the big white one and Bomber a cute little brown one eyed us up as if we were mad. There were lots of cheeky magpies hanging about and we could hear kookaburras laughing hysterically in the trees. The kangaroos were all over the place and some of them were really tame and let us stroke them which was wonderful. This is a beautiful place and although there were other campers here tonight we had another gloriously quiet and peaceful night.
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