Day 2 Sunday 18th April, 2021
This was the day I started proper. Belinda and Isabelle were heading back to Townsville and I was on my own.
They dropped me off and we said our goodbyes. Isabelle had bought me a rock in Cooktown yesterday which was meant to give me courage. So now that is packed away. I suppose if anyone was going to mug me I could always throw the rock.
We came down last night after Belinda picked me up as Trevor Simpson recommended their pizzas. They were good but it was the Ginger Beer on tap that I was sucking on like lollie water. They pour it over ice and add a slice of lime and Its about 4% alcohol but I loved it. Might have just been the hot and thirsty 27 kilometres I had just walked but I downed a couple.
This poor old camel has a right broken leg (needs a little TLC)
It looked like they were having some breakfasts(at the lions den) but at this stage I am not yet into the hiker hunger and a muesli bar sufficed.
As I was walking into Rossville a lady driving by stopped and said to me "You look like a man that could use some Rambutans". She handed me a branch broken off a tree with about 7 fruit on it we decided to split it and I ended up with 4. Threw the branch away after I had removed the fruit and went into Rossville and sat on the side of the road and ate them. There was one dud but three of them were very juicy and sweet. I also spotted a discarded rambutan peel on the road so she had been into them before I saw her.
The afternoon was a bit of a chore in the heat as the wind died down and I was just a lather of sweat. Water control is a bit of an issue as I am not carrying a lot and rely on creeks as I walk. There were plenty of creeks today which helped as I was going through it faster than planned.
I arived at the planned campsite about 4pm. There's a nice creek flowing through but a lot of rubbish and toilet paper scattered . A little disaponting but I know following accesible places this was going to be the case.
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