Tuesday 4th May, 2021 16.2km
427.8 / 4671.1km
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| The highway out of town |
I got out of bed early to have shower and get my taping of injuries and toes out of the way and set off around 7.
The first leg is again down the highway for about 7 kilometres. At that time of the morning it didn't cause me any problem.
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| The sign says right, but the notes say straight ahead |
I get to the turn-off mentioned in the notes and see a BNT sign. It points along the fence and if you follow it there are more signs but the notes take you through the gate. I thought I had the updated notes so I ignored the sign and followed the notes.
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| The trail through the grass |
The trail then heads across country. Not a problem normally but that grass is spear grass and after a while the spear seeds worm their way through your pants and start jabbing and scratching. You can stop and pull them out, only to take a step and get twice as many so its a perserverance test to walk the couple of hours across country till I get to a track where I can sit down and pull out all the ones I can see. Then to find later the ones that have wormed their way into other spots.
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| Finally a track |
I get to the campspot mentioned in the notes and come across a no camping sign. Another sign I ignore and walk down and set up camp and look at the Herbert River. There is obvious swimming going on as a swing is in the tree. So that's two of the no no's.
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| The end of the day at the designated campsite. No camping ?? |
I decided to make myself an Indian Curry for Dinner. It involved mixing up some coconut cream (powder) and dehydrated chicken, vegetables and rice (now I don't need it for the phone) and some Indian curry mix and the result tasted better that what I paid $22 for last night.
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| Coconut cream. Hard not to drink it straight down. |
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Reconstituted ready to eat
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| Herbert River |
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| Camping on the river bank |
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| Filtering Water |
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