Day 123 Ravensbourne

Tuesday 17th August, 2021 18.2km

Tea in the morning

2618.4 / 2480.5km

Do I feel any better?

Across the valley

Not really, nothing's changed. Moving on and should be in Toowoomba in 2 or 3 nights. That was supposed to be one of my major breaks with a car shuffle down to Niall setting out my food drops to at least Aberdeen in NSW then bus back and walk. 

A bad nights sleep but out of the wind at least.  There is a lot of mouse poo in the hut so I hung my pack with everything in it from the rafters.  

The old road
I woke up proper fairly early and made myself a cup of tea. 

The donkey gave an early morning bray, not as musical as a Kookaburra, just as effective though.

The trail goes from the hut up the fence line to the main road then up an old lane way called Saughterhouse Rd. The old buildings I pass, I assume is an old abattoir.
The view

The trail then climbs the old road alignment to pick up some side roads up the hill.

Then its a matter of sitting on a trail that runs parallel to the main road through the state forest. It has a few more ups and downs than the main road but is much quieter and picturesque.

Into the forest

When that runs out I looked back at a sign telling me not to enter the forests as harvesting is in progress. I did see signs of activity and heard machinery working bit it was a little way off the trail. One more up and over a quieter road before finally walking the rest of the way dodging traffic on the main road into Ravensbourne. 

Hardenbergia and ??
Nice to know before you walk through

The camp spot at Ravensbourne is a 24 hour rest stop with toilets. Not much of a spot for tent people. There is a block of land for horse people. But I found a spot behind the tennis courts down on a lower level where you had to really look to see me, as long as there are no tennis games of course.

I'm having a little trouble with my solar panels, I hope its just a glitch as some of the longer and remoter sections of the trail are coming. The phone battery is only lasting about a a day and a half since the last update.