Day 81 Kalpower - Gin Gin Road

Gin Gin-Kalpowar Road

 Tuesday 6th July, 2021 22.9km

2069.8 / 3029.1km

Another cold morning, which makes it hard to do up buttons on the shirt when your fingers feel like iceblocks.

The track notes say this is Larsen's Angora Goat Farm.
I thought they had a lovely spot to live..

The walk today was just an extension of yesterday on the Kalpowar-Gin Gin Road. Today though is mainly through farmland.

There is still remnants of forest and it's a day of ups and downs as the road climbs into the Burnett Range.

It's one of those days that I just plod along happily watching the countryside change, wave at passers-by and generally enjoy my lot in life. Not a day of spectacular scenery just a good day to be alive.

This is their gate entrance. Hmmmmm

Towards the afternoon my thoughts start turning to picking up the nights water and as I cross a bridge I notice a farmer has pushed a hole in the creek and it's got a fairly clean puddle. I have to squeeze through fences and make my way across his property but I'm hoping I'll be forgiven for 3 litres of water.

As I start walking again, my thoughts are then looking for the next camp spot. Here it will be in the road reserve between the fences and I

Up and over hills most of the day

normally look for a flat spot behind some greenery to break a bit of my profile up and a lot of the time on a bend or a cutting where a driver is looking at the road not at the scenery.

However, as I'm walking it looks like the farmer has burnt out the grass road shoulder. After a couple of kilometres it isn't going to end soon so I have to choose a spot in the burnt area. A forestry worker pulls up and we chat and he tell's me I'm mad but hands me a bottle of water then drives on.

Looking East

I find a likely spot and break a branch to use as a broom to sweep as much soot away as I can. I know I'll get black crap everywhere but I hope not a lot.

I spend some time trying more tricks to get battery power before the sun goes down, have a couple of cups of tea and a good dinner. It has been a good couple of days walk.

I swept a clear patch for my camp

My bedroom view