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9. North-West Circuit 2

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Port William – Big Bungaree – Christmas Village, 17.4 km
Monday, February 11: Rain overnight; during the day a couple of very light showers; in the afternoon sun but a little colder.
GPS Track
Little Bungaree

Little Bungaree

Up at about 6:30 and the ladies were pretending to snooze. I set about breakfast and then the packing and am around 19 kg with the water. Farewelled by the wardens and made my way to Big Bungaree. The track was in surprisingly good condition, with the mud not so slippery and quite firm in most places. There were really only two places at the beginning and at the end of the track where the mud was treacherous. Continue reading →

8. North-West Circuit 1

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Oban – Port William, 12.6 km
Sunday, February 10: Cloudy, somewhat variable, still dry
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Suspension Bridge at Maori Beach

Suspension Bridge at Maori Beach

Was up at 8:00 and had the full cooked breakfast, which made up for the lost breakfast at Matt’s from yesterday. Then there was work to be done in transcribing the diaries and scheduling the blog. That took up pretty much two hours and in the meantime I sent a regular OK message on the Spot Tracker, which showed up as such on the internet site. Sent the address around to a couple of friends (still wondering whether it would have been a good idea to send it to all the FB friends), had a cuppa with Tina and then did the rest of the packing. With the billy and the gas can on the outside of the pack (together with the raincoat and the dry change of clothes in a plastic bag) all the food fits on the middle level of the pack (i.e the bottom of the top section) with the vanity bag and the batteries on the top. The pack barely closes, but there you go. Continue reading →