25.29km +1632m -566m
Coffee from the hammock on a foggy morning.
We got honked at by a deer. It sounded like an angry Mac truck in heat.
Morass creek (more-arse). Don’t drink the water here.
I had my towel threaded through my shoulder strap loops and it must have got hooked on a branch while we were bush bashing. It’s gone now.
Which is a shame, because it would have been handy for drying my feet after the creek crossing ten minutes later.
Food drop! Now my pack is heavy again 🙁 and I’ve got 14km and about 1000m to tonight’s camp at Johnnie’s Top.
Most of the day’s walking wasn’t terribly photogenic.
We reached the day’s destination of Johnnie’s Top. A water tank makes it a decent place to stop, though apparently the massive comms tower has a generator building which turns on and off at random. The thick fire regrowth also blocks any potential views.
Dinner was a downright crowded affair. Also camping there that night we’re Julianne and Chris, who are each separately walking the track southbound. It turns out that between us a Canberran and a Melbournite were walking in each direction, and we happened to all meet near the halfway point.
I shared some of my metwurst and added much of the rest to my dinner, which was a very welcome addition.
There is rain in the forecast for a few days from now. We shall see.
