Day 54 not St Lawrence

Wednesday 9th June, 2021 38km

1470.5 / 3628.4 km

A little bit wet and cold

Last night while listening to the rain I worked out I was going to hit Marlborough on Saturday. I have things at the Post Office to pick up and if I do a zero day Sunday, I would still be hanging around Monday. So I need to decide to either slow down or speed up. I have a bit of walking on the Bruce highway and have already made the decision that I would try and get a lift. I think it's about 15 kilometres on the Bruce

So it's speed up.

I head off down the hill which is very steep and starts stretching all sorts of different muscles. As I'm plodding along the flat a car pulls up and offers me a lift to the highway. He is going into St Lawrence which is 6-8 kilometres off trail, so I accept.

The hill down

The highway

At the highway I start down on the left side attempting to get a lift but at 110kph no one stops. I've either got to find a safe place and stand still or get across the other side and walk. I decide to walk. It's fast pace with me having to walk off into the grass for trucks and caravans but I get to the Waverley rest area in a couple of hours. This was where I was planning to stop.

A bird visited me while I was having a cup of tea

No driver reviver open so I have to boil my own billy. Whilst I was doing that I reread the book and they have done it to me again. The book has printed 2 sections on one pages and that would make Friday a 36 kilometre day, so I'll probably get there on post office closing time. Bugger bugger bugger bugger.

More highway

Then I hear a couple talking about the State of Origin. Bugger bugger bugger bugger. I should have gone to St Lawrence and propped at the pub and hit Marlborough on Sunday. But now instead of an afternoon relaxing talking to Grey Nomads I have to get back on the highway and move another 15km to Wumalgi Siding, a rail siding 6 kilometres off the Bruce Highway.

I go to the highway stick out a thumb look and hope but in the end I have to cross the road and walk.

Now 6km to Wumulgi siding

I get to the campsite before sunset. Belinda has talked to the property owners I will walk past tomorrow and they have mentioned crocodiles to her so when I go under the trees to set up camp the inreach signal drops out and she panics as she can see I'm beside a lagoon.

By the time I've fetched water she sent 15 messages in a panic. I message back all ok and now I can get on with my tasks and getting ready for bed. I'm exhausted and now I have trains rumbling past to keep me awake. The least of my troubles is crocodiles.

Wilangi homestead

I do wonder if it was for the best. I'm a blues supporter so St Lawrence might not have welcomed me.