Day 79 Mungungo South

Sunday 4th July, 2021 17km

The old fella was the only one to send me off

2023.1 / 3075.8km

There's an old dog on the pub verandah and as much as my children know I don't like dogs, me and he struck a chord.  I was worried when I arrived as he sat there with half his tongue out and laying on the verandah.  A very strange sight.  And when a car rolls up he gets up to have a pee on the wheels. So when I set up the tent under the hall I expected a dog pee christening to add to the 12 weeks of smell I have accumulated and the wet weather exacerbated, but he respected my space.  When I finally left the pub to go and sleep he followed me out and slept beside me.  I have to check on those boots again as that wobble returned. 

Cloud breaking up clear sky

I had a good night sleep except for the dog deciding to roll around in the dirt and make a grunting sound at 3am.  It was good to pack up everything dry.  No dew from being under the hall. The dog was the only resident of Mungungo that saw me off and I think he was a little sad as I seemed to be the only person that talked to him. (No Isabelle we can't have a dog)

Cloud breaking up clear sky

I went up the same road I came in on and the same dogs barked at that did yesterday. When I came to the turn-off the BNT signs had been interfered with and turned upside down, meaning I nearly missed the arrow up a trail. I fixed that as nest I could hoping the trail still went this way. Never a good assumption with the lack of current information a norm on the National Trail. 

I'm a bit of a novelty to the locals

The track I followed took me through some farming country, passed a couple of houses and no one disturbed me. Went through a gate after climbing a ridge that also had a National Trail sign interfered with. Looked like someone had tried to wrench it off with a hammer. 

The track follows a road easement

The trail follows a gully down through more grazing land, past the first known windmill in the area suppposedly, climb a small range and then meets up with another road. 

Overall the walk is a pleasant meander across the countryside, I've enjoyed the day.  I decide to pull up early and try and get some power from the sun. The battery pack is not accepting a full charge and in this day and age the phone is a camera, music player and book and I've had to curtail the use of it to try and extend the battery life. I turn flight mode on and turn it off fully at night so it's not even a phone any more.