Sunday, 9 May 2021

Day 23 Station tracks

Sunday 9th May, 2021 22.5km

558 / 4540.9km

Onwards
This next section of the walk takes me a couple of hundred kilometres through cattle stations. I will be following a road and the biggest test will be to make sure I always have enough water on board.

Even though the other night was cool, it seems to be warming up again. The afternoons I am finding very draining, so I've decided to siesta for a while from about 2pm. This gives me the afternoon to move a couple more kilometres. Not getting the distance I want but saving a lot of sweat and water.


Getting hotter


Walking through the Valley of Lagoons Station and it seems I've crossed my last running creek for a while. There is a lot of standing water but it is more muddy. I've had to backwash the filter more often.
My last water fill for the day was at Junction Dam.
I walked a little further south so the cattle can come in and drink. I set up the tent here near a gum tree that was in flower. As I was watching, the smallest bird or the biggest bumble bee was flying around the flowers. It didn't seem much bigger than a finch and had yellow across its belly and it's wings seemed translucent. I tried to get a picture and video. Gavin will let me know 😉



Clear water out
Muddy Water In




The track continues

Always on the lookout

There is a little bird up there!





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