Day 89 Mt Perry

Wednesday 14th July, 2021 14.4km

2147.3 / 2951.6km

I talked to the coordinator for the trail down to Biggenden. Nothing much to report he said just before careful at the mine site when leaving Mt Perry. With that in mind you could imagine I was on the lookout for the diversion as I walked out of Mt Perry. After finishing the day without coming across this minesite almost 15km south of Mt Perry I pictured this.

National Trail write up man(NTM) " Hello. I'm having trouble with my horse,"

Vet " OK. Where abouts?"

NTM "It's down the back"

Vet "you mean on its back"

NTM " Yeh, under the long hairy thing"

Vet "The mane?"

NTM " NAH further back"

Vet " The taaaiiil,??????"

NTM " Yeh, those long things under the tail"

Vet "The legs!"

NTM "Yeh, at the end of those"

Vet "So. Your talking about the hooves!"

NTM "YEH, As I said before, I was having trouble with me horse. He kicked me with his hooves and I'm having trouble breathing.

VET Hangs up

Mt Perry Museum

This is how the trail is described to us by these people. 30 year old descriptions of things long past, tracks that are now roads with names and so much of the vital decision points and intersections not marked. Every day becomes an adventure unto itself with my plotting in Google Earth and downloaded to my watch more reliable than the books.

No I didn't see the light

Old machiner

Mt Perry

So the actual walk was an uneventful walk looking for a diversion around a mine site but never finding one. But overall a pleasant start to the next phase. I kept it short to less than 20 kilometres and camped close to a creek with water holes. The road is busy but as it only goes to the mine it all tapers off after dark.

Mt Perry has a community park with toilets and showers and a washing machine costing $2 . Couldn't work out the dryer but it might be $3. You could buy all the items in the grocery store for about $200 and still not have enough for a resupply.

One serious hills hoist

and some serious chains

The road out of Mt Perry

Now this is a hat!

Thataway