Day 44 Sunday 30th May, 2021 26km
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| Early morning start from my camp spot beside the road |
Another long day planned. Not much to see initially just the hot road. I did pull my gloves on for an hour but it warmed up fairly quickly. I arrived at the designated camp spot but as it was only midday, so I decided to push on. I had an opportunity to stop by the river with a 700 metre detour or I was looking at a large dam beside the track further on.
In the end it was the dam that I aimed for. For once the track went across country and for a walker became interesting. It was only a kilometre or so but it was to meet up with a station track which in theory would only see the station vehicles using.
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| The road getting less travelled |
The dam I was aiming for was large a
s described but dry. There were still a lot of cattle here and I could see them milling about in the distance and thought there must be a trough. As I resigned myself to cow snot water I spied something a hundred metres to the left.
Big solar panels and as I walked over I could see it was a bore. Closer inspection showed a pressure pump run by solar and a tap and hose I could get to. A quick run of water with a taste and I loaded up my 5 litre overnight requirements and headed south for about a kilometre to get me well away from the cows and setup beside the track.
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| The path across paddocks |
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| The country here is a lot drier |
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| Then down a fence line |
I set-up the tent and had dinner. Sundown is usually 6ish and I crawled into the tent and promptly fell asleep. I seem to sleep better after a walk and in the tent.
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| Run out of puff and set up camp on a bit of dirt.... less prickles |
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