Day 100 + 101 Kilkivan

My camp

Sunday 25th July and Monday 26th July, 2021

Today was a short walk of 13 kilometres into Kilkivan. A very quiet start to the day as I continue the walk out of the creek into the village of Oakview. There I join up with a single lane bitumen road for a 10 kilometre or so walk to the main highway again.

Morning light

The plan was to meet up with Fred who was on his way to Gympie so I could swap boots and grab book 6. The boots I'm wearing are going to Brisbane to be resoled. The repair we did has worn away but the older boots I'm changing to have cured longer and may last till the other ones come back. These boots are the ones I did the Heysen Trail in.

Moon is still up

So in Kilkivan we did the swaps had a coffee then Fred was on his way. I've arranged to stay at Lesley and Mal's place just outside Kilkivan and have a couple of hours to spare till I get picked up.

I went to the pub which apparently a bloke who used to run the boxing tents runs. I was looking for something to buy as a gift but Kilkivan is short on groceries and bottle shops. I sat at the pub and watched the women's oylmpic hockey team play China. The pub stinks of dog piss and I saw why when a Jack Russell wandered in from the lounge area and peed on the door. He was eyeing off my backpack and I decided to forgoe eating there and went down the road.

Old buildings

Lesley came and picked me up and took me back to their homestead outside of town. Good coffee, good cakes, good dinner and the comfiest bed I've had for a while.

The following day I went for a drive to Murgon with Kevin, Lesley's brother, to pick up some groceries and he introduced me to the Murgon Bakery, good pastie and I had a chocolate eclair for afters. They also had a better bottle shop and I was able to pick up a bottle of Port.

Older buildings

Roast dinner tonight with a steamed syrup pudding followed by a good portion of Port made the day complete. Lesley had washed my grubby clothes and I had put up the tent for some airing. Almost forgot but Lesley darned the hole in my favourite sock as well.

The afternoon was sitting outside a shed listening to a CD of a local artist playing his guitar in front of a firepit talking crap with Kevin and watching the cows in the paddock. I think I need to retire.

I was well looked after, thanks Lesley for inviting me into your home.

Bunya Pine I think. Wonder about
the story when it was planted.

hello girls

The boat is a little ways from the water. Oakview.

Bular Rd 10k to Kilkivan

Kilkivan