Day 145 Back on the National Trail

Better pecs than me!

 NSW Day 3

National Trail back on track continuation Day 145 16.9km

2868.4 km walked / 2154.1 remaining

I read a bit last night but had a very restless sleep. It was a relief to finally hear a bird call and start packing up. It was a chilly morning and I was walking before 6am.

This is why I get paranoid about wind and trees

Not much to do today. I have planned a few short days to get back into the rhythm and as the pack is at its fullest it seemed silly to bust a gut early.

So 17 kilometres to a TSR with a dam. The walk is unspectacular leaving the park and walking up Mt Lindsay Rd.

The lavender farm was too far away

I hit a corner where the trail heads south and I will have to walk back the 1.5 kilometres to here tomorrow.

With a minor detour down a wrong track I finally get it right and get to the dam on Jenner Creek, which is fenced off with no gate so I have to climb hoping I don't tear my new pants.

It's only 11:40 am but I need to find a spot out of the wind so I filter the water and walk back towards the road and find a nice grassy spot far enough in the trees to cut the wind down.

The closed sign hasn't moved for a while

I spend the afternoon listening to music and reading. I picked up a new solar charger in Toowoomba the other day and set it up. It's working well. It's the same one I had before but I couldn't work out what went wrong. I did get it wet a couple of times and the only thing I can think of is the printed circuit board. Apart from that the rest of the panel is fairly simple.

The road where I get back to the official trail

Bigger day tomorrow, so I hope I get a good sleep. There is plenty of water about, so no need to carry more than a litre and half.

The dam on Jenner Creek. Fenced off so I had
to jump the fence without tearing my new pants.

The grass was soft and less wind here.