Daily distance: 22.9km
Total diztance: 317.92km
Got an early start from behind our dumpster this morning and started walking in the freezing cold. It was only 5km into the walk I could start feeling my fingers. Things went well this morning and we found our trail again about 2km from the "dumpster campsite". We spent a long time early this morning on the main road before turning east onto some farm roads and fencelines. As you can see from the pics we are sharing the trail with alot of other groups at the moment but luckely haven't bumped into anybody or any horse yet.
We stopped for breakfast on top of a ridge with a veiw of what seemed like the whole world. It was spectacular! Out came they wet kit for drying while we made coffee. The weather was fantastic and even though overcast there was absolutely no wind. Later in the day it cleared up completely, however I cant say it warmed up at all.
We passed Scotts Shelter (with the temperature like it is it is probably The Scott) which is a shelter built for hikers wth bunk beds in and a tank with rainwater and toilets. Very cool! The highlight for the day, which was full of highlights, was the walk through the Warren Conservation Park. It was single track along steep ridges, all in natural eucalyptus bush. When the bush cleared we had fields of Large Grey Kangorros..... I mean mobs of them. Check the photos!
We topped out at a fire observation tower at twenty kilometers and headed downhill towards the Rocky Paddock Campsite. we de ided to take the alternate route which was a coiple of k's shorter as we were buggered. This lead us straight to the campsite rather than round the mountain first. It turned out to be an extremely large camp site in the pines and we choose a site as far away from a noisy school group as possible. (Not that it made any difference at all. I am being renditioned to "all night long" and a whole assortment of school songs. Lets hope it doesn't carry on all night......) Got the tent up with a bit of time to let it dry, got a roof over the tent to try stop some of the dew and also help with warmth.
Had a great dinner of TWO packets of Mexican style rice, a mocha coffee and now bed. It is absolutely freezing and we both have everything we have on and it's still freezing.
It was a great days walking today and both Dee and I agreed it was probably one of our best so far. Enjoy the pictures.... we did!
Brrrrrr.......
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