Monday 5th July, 2021 23.8km
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Where I start the morning, continuing
along Misfortune Road
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2046.9/3052km
Today was another day of sunshine but a cold morning. The trail continued along Misfortune Road through a couple of gates and mine diggings to come out on a major road into Kalpower.
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| The country changes |
If any one wanted to do a day walk then that section would be a recommendation. I thoroughly enjoyed the peace and quiet of the country lanes mixed with some property tracks. One day the creeks will flow again and it may even be better. Kalpower to Mungungo. Put it on a list.
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Is this a hollow log used as a pipe under the road?
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From Kalpower I follow a main gravel road that eventually goes to Gin Gin, climbing to cross the Dawes Range. It's a little bit busier than the last bit but overall a pleasant walk in a changing state forest. There is some open forest and plantation hoop pine? But as I follow the creek it gets a little rainforest feel.
I lunch at the top of the Dawes Range and have a good nap, one of those days I don't feel the need to hurry. After the rain it's nice to have a couple of good days in interesting countryside.
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| Coming into Kalpower |
I do see some water flowing in the creek, but it's too early to stop and carry the night fill up and over the hills to come. My plan is to stop just before I leave the State Forest and head back into farmland.
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The Gin Gin Road
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I end up following the creek bed in the afternoon looking for some water, but that flow did not get this far down. The creek is sandy which is not good for holding pools but just after the State Forest boundary the creek bends around a rock face and I find a clean pool under the rocks. The next stop would have been a muddy dam in a paddock but this is better. I walk back across the grid onto the State Forest area and set up beside the fence, continuing to try and squeeze some power into my battery bank's. Another nice day even if the road is busier, I'm enjoying the variety of scenery this section is providing.
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| Lunchtime on the crest of the Dawes Range |
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| Is that water flowing in a creek? |
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| Found my puddle under this rock face |
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| In the dimming light the termite nest looked like a Predator's head on a spike |
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| My camp beside the fince. The road can just be seen. |
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