Day 174 Styx River Valley

The sun's up there

 NSW Day 32 (174) Sunday 14th November, 2021 34km

3586.2 / 1495.9 km

The morning came too early. It's funny how I didn't move far and had a relaxing afternoon in the tent but I didn't want to get out of bed.

The road

Eventually I forced myself and I was on the road still before 6.30am. The road travels up over Crawney Pass to the Styx River Valley. I planned to wander as far as I could and the valley was a pleasant place to walk. Not much traffic with only two cars passing me all day.

Up the pass

At the top of the pass I did get phone signal and uploaded some photos whilst having a breakfast. Yesterday I passed over the Pearly Gate Bridge, today I'm following the Styx which is the river that is the boundary between to the underworld in Greek Mythology. Now according to some the souls of the dead are transported along the Styx. The further down the river you were transported the bigger your punishment for life's sins. I will be following the river for two days. Lucky I'm not Greek.

The Styx River valley

The big station down down this way is Timor Station. Pronounced Tie-more, not tee-mor. I got corrected by a gent at a horse stud. Lovely valley though and according to a sign I passed its just been sold.

I don't understand the sign

I looked at the TSR mentioned in the book but there was no water nearby and it looked like the gate hadn't been opened in years . In the end I made it to the Timor Recreation club and Tennis courts and I set up the tent behind the water tank. There were toilets here and you just had to turn on the pressure pump to fill the cistern. Rained again with a storm moving across in the night. But the big rain seems to have gone, with the river whilst still flowing well, dropping slightly every day.

Love the tree. Redgum?

turtle

Free grapefruit and lemon. I sat down and ate
the grapefruit straight away.

afternoon

Timor Tennis Courts