Day 232 Birregun Road to Dogs Grave

 VIC Day 8 (Day 232) Wednesday 12 January, 2022 17.5km

4812.1 / 401.3km

Today was a simple 17.5k walk to a camp site called Dogs Grave. All along Birregun Road. There was a bit of fog. The walk was mainly uneventful. There were showers on and off and I got to the campsite by about lunch time.

The start off

Climbing the Range

Road into Dogs Grave

It was a surprise to see a hut here. Put up by the Australian Deerhunters Association. Well built hut and no holes for critters and birds to get in. The inside walls are graffitied with signatures of visitors. I found Sasha's under Tegan and Tom's another couple I followed who rode the trail north in 2017. I think they went on to the top of Cape York. I added my signature to this area to keep the Trail bits altogether. Added a note to say Sascha had completed the journey. She would have only been on trail less than a month. Full of enthusiasm. I'm getting a little jaded though.

The Deer Hunters Hut

The National Trail Signatures

Dogs Grave is named because another drifter buried his faithful hound here in 1863. I set up the tent mesh in the hut and tried to dry stuff out with showers coming across every so often. A couple spending the weekend camping came down to the Grave and we ended having a brew together. He is an army man transferred to Bandyanna. I thought that was artillery in my day. He was born the year I joined and has been serving 20 years. Makes me feel old now. Spent a quiet restful night in the hut. A long walk tomorrow with a 12 or 15k diversion.

The Dogs Grave