"OK I'll go." She said. "Will there be many other people there?"
"I don't think so." John said smiling. "School holidays are over so there shouldn't be many, if any, about."
She smiled back at the idea of being alone in the bush.
"Cool."
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John guided the Forester gently down the dirt road to the caves. The road was in fairly good shape with evidence of some kind of weed clearing going on in the piles of blackberries and Lantana on the roadside. They passed a minibus with a Green Corps sticker on the side but could not see anyone working. After about ten minutes of sometimes sickening twists and turns they reached the entrance to the park. The boom gate was up and there was no one to be seen. The kiosk was closed and it looked as though it had been for some time.
"Let's have a look shall we." Amy said.
"Yes lets." John said as he pulled the car up in front of the kiosk.
On opening the doors and encountering the heat and humidity the two took a step back in shock.
"It's a bit bloody warm." John said brushing away the flies that had immediately set upon them.
Dust and leaf litter had accumulated around the verandah of the kiosk and it looked as though it hadn't been open for years, not months.
"What sort of place is this?" Amy asked concerned. They had thought that although it was a week after the summer season at least the kiosk would be open.
"So we have to survive on what we bought or drive for an hour back into town to get supplies each day." She continued. "You planned this well." She said sarcastically.
"What does the sign say on the door." John said as he walked towards it.
Amy held her hand up to the window and looked inside. She hoped that maybe she would see someone or at least evidence of someone being there recently.
"Due to contractual problems with the National Parks and Wildlife service this business will remain closed until further notice."
"I don't believe it."
"Don't worry about it." John said as he hugged here thin frame. "I'll go back into town tomorrow and get some stuff if we need to. Maybe I'll catch a fish for us."
"You'd want to." She said hugging back. "It's a nice spot though." She said nodding her head towards a mob of kangaroos bounding through the parkland.
"At least someone has been looking after the grounds." Mark said. "And with no one else here we have the pick of the sites."
"I don't want to be too close to the toilets." Amy said. "But not too far away."
They climbed back into the car and headed down towards the rivers edge.
"There is a nice spot down behind the rocks there." John said pointing with his head. "You can always pee in the river."
"Yeah I suppose so." Amy's response surprised and elated John. Maybe he didn't know her that well after all, he thought.
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