Day: |
011 |
Date: |
Thursday, 18 November 2004 |
Start: |
Lost PLain |
Finish: |
30km west of Woods Point |
Daily
Kilometres: |
130 |
Total
Kilometres: |
1274 |
Weather: |
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Accommodation: |
Tent |
Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli Lunch: Pie
and pastie Dinner: Bread and peanut butter |
Aches: |
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Animals Seen: |
Kangaroos, dingo pup |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
I woke up at 6:00am and was on the road by
7:20am on a very windy and relatively warm day. I hoped that a
mainly downhill ride would get me to Licola, 45km away, quite
quickly. However, the road was quite steep and poor in quality
meaning I couldn't go too fast and I got very tired hands from using
the brakes the whole way. When I reached the floor of the
Wellington River Valley it still took a long time to get to Licola
and I was very tired (probably from yesterday) by the time I got
there.
I found the small store and had an early lunch of pie,
pastie, ice-cream, juice and milk. After about an hour I set
off towards Woods Point on a road that climbed steadily back into
the mountains. I felt quite tired and decided to walk when I
felt like it. This meant that progress was relatively slow but
it was steady. Nearer the top the road changed to gravel, and
after a break, I felt some strength returning nand walked less,
making faster progress.
I turned off the Jamieson Road
towards Woods Point and made good progress until I turned on to the
Selma Road which climbed over Mount Selma. The surface was
rough and there were plenty of ups. Even coming down the other
side I couldn't make good speed because the surface was too poor.
I hoped it would be better when I turned on to the Walhalla-Woods
Point Road but it wasn't. I had been planning to stop in at
Woods Point and perhaps spend the night there. However, as I
got closer, the prospect of descending into Woods Point and then
starting with the climb out tomorrow morning seemed less enticing.
I had enough food to camp out and in the end decided to keep going
to a picnic area marked on the map. I seemed to be making good
progress and the road was sticking mainly to the ridge. It was
much more rainforest-like with tree ferns, etc.
I reached the
picnic area at 7:00pm but it was a wreck. I continued on
another 5km and found a place on a side trail shere I camped.
Yet again my chafing was quite bad and my clothes definitely needed
a wash. I went to bed at 9:30pm after calling Barb. |
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