Looking at the river close to Providence Portal as it runs into Eucumbene Lake proper. |
Monday 27th December, 2021 26.4KM
4363.1 / 735.8 km
The wind died overnight. Then it got cold.
I wandered down to the river to see if I could swim across but a but fast and deep here so wandered around the edge to Denison camp
Looking down from the old bridge. I crossed where you see the ripples. |
ground. From there it's a long walk out to the river again and if I can't cross here it's an even longer walk around. I follow a fly fisherman out the road to the old bridge but the road diverts further north to a crossing. I can't quite work out how deep because of the width but I take my boots off and wade out. It is fast and cold. But this is where poles help as more points of contact. There's a technique to doing this
Entering the park |
Looking down on Happy Jacks Plain. |
Old pole bent. Close to where my maps say was the site of Dr Phillips Hut.
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After walking the Happy Jack Plain I'm in what they call the Jagungal Wilderness. I end up stopping beside the track for the night. It rained a little but wasn't as cold. The area was devastated by bushfires in the last couple of years. I'm unsure how long the trees take to recover up here. Areas just look skeletal.
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