Friday 4th June, 2021
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| The track along the river |
The plan was to not go far and see how I hold up. There was some rain last night and I got to hear the next door's ablutions again. He needs to drink less. Old men pee every couple of hours not young blokes.
A walk along the river out of town with the interpretive signs faded away shows the locals have pretty much given up the tourist trade. There is a museum which I didn't go in to so maybe there is something I missed.
Following the books directions meant nothing as I think things have changed since 1991 but it was a pleasant morning walk out of town then a quick run across the highway and a good slog down bitumen road. On the corner I came across a compressed air tool. I didn't bother to pick it up, but left it upright on the bitumen so someone can see it.
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| Left it behind, too heaavy with this load |
I picked up some water at the Braeside sale yards and then crossed the highway, under an electric fence then onto a stock route that was also the old telegraph route. My legs whilst not jelly like yesterday are weak but so far the walking is flat and I seem to walking it off. I make sure I eat and snack as per normal even though I might not always feel hungry.
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| A lot of this but puddles due to the rain yesterday |
The walk down the telegraph line sees a few cows and the plan is to stop at a creek. When speaking to Belinda I ask if she can ask specific questions on water as she rings the properties ahead of my arrival. This is harder than it should be as all the contacts and phone numbers are 20 years out of date. But if I can get better information on water I don't have to carry excess. The creek I planned to stop at is dry. I'm sure there is water somewhere as I spied a couple of Brolgas through the trees and I'm sure they aren't too far away from water. I walk down the creek for about a kilometre to see if there is a water hole but come up dry.
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| A rare sign |
The book says there is a windmill and trough about a kilometre along the line I will take tomorrow so I take my water bag and head there to find that it is disused and dry. So I don't have enough water to rehydrate dinner but I have enough to walk. So it's peanut butter wraps for dinner, which isn't that bad as I'm still not feeling all that much like easing. Belinda has confirmed that Funnel creek is flowing so I only need enough water for 6 or 7 kilometres tomorrow.
Today the track started across country following a bearing and it was good to come across remnants of the old telegraph line to confirm I was on track.
Even though I was short of water the early stop was good. I hadn't pushed myself to hard and I was able to relax a little. To get to Funnel Creek (water) would have made it a 32 km day. I didn't have that in me.
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| Old telegraph pole |
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| Head bush |
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| Large pot |
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| Polished the boots |
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| Tent set up |
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