DAY 153 to the Gwydir HighwayIn

The track leaving Leamon's Hut

NSW Day 11 (153) Sunday 24th October, 2021 26.4km

3022.6 / 2076.3km

After the excitement of the last week today is a bit of a road slog to the Gwydir Highway and my resupply bucket. If that has been compromised its a 34 kilometre slog to Glenn Innes. 

In the shadow is the remains of a chimney. 
Imagine all the sweating and cursing that goes
into making these. Atleast they stand as a legacy
to the hard work.
I move out fairly early and there is a cold wind blowing but it's at my back which makes the walking much easier. It also keeps the flies away. I've pulled out the fly net once so far and find it hot to walk in but it saves those times when the flies dart into your eyeballs. 

The station track eventually meets a gravel road and I get about 10 kilometres in before breakfast. I stop by a Telstra telephone exchange for breakfast hoping a localised 4g antenna was inside but no luck.

The track winding up to the road

When walking these roads I zone out and get into a rhythm. I noticed my sister has looked at my photos. Long time between visits there. I've got to be nicer to family. 

My head goes funny places on these plods and I even lose arguments I have with myself. 

Before too long I'm coming down the road to the highway looking for the spot I put the bucket out. Wondering if I had missed it then seeing the spot. Closer to the highway than I thought, I should have taken a GPS reading.   When I walk over it is still hidden which I gingerly uncover in case of snakes and there it is. Not a mark on it. 

The road
I carry it up the highway as I noticed a school bus stop and a bin. I open it up and I've loaded 7 days food in it which is more than enough now to have trouble on the next section.  I rearrange the pack and load up and set off south again. Instead of staying at the Gwydir Highway TSR camp I move 5km down the road to a grassy spot beside a creek. I can see cars going past but that stops on dark and all is quiet. Not the best spot to find a level site not under some very large trees blackened in a recent bushfire but I'm not going back so I make do.