Breakfast at 6.30 am
The support crewParticipants - Scot, Nick, Eddie, Simon and Cory
Support Crew - Ron, Carmel, Eliza, Margaret, Bruce and Gerald
Touted by Ian as the toughest day because of the 'heavy thick' water we went into Day 4 cautiously even though it was 'only' 64km.
The sun wasn't as hot as there was much more access to shade a cool breeze which helped us concentrate on how sore our butts were! The roll of bubble wrap thrown into the bus came in handy for a bit of MacGyver DIY as we fashioned some back padding, which was not.
For the second day in a row we encounted naked campers (except this time they didn't flee??), although this time it seemed to be only the guy as the lady with him was fully clothed (which was lucky going on popular opinion).
Over the last few days we have been lucky enough to meet lots of people along the way in fishing boats, house boats and on the shore so last night we put our website on a dozen tennis balls so we could throw them out to people to explain what we are doing and even possibly raise some extra money.
Today we got the chance to do that early on with a group of walkers and numerous houseboats along the way. The highlight of these 'row bys' was when we stopped and had a chat for quite a while with an expat American who had moved to Australia to live with his girlfriend. Despite his generous and tempting offer of a beer it was too early in the day's work so we had to decline.
Nick is still planning the demise of Scot after his efforts today to run him over in the kayak failed. Back to the drawing board!
Simon's cricket hat is safe and sound after an almost botched rescue attempt when it went overboard. After three u-turns and missed pick ups the Shane Warne special was rescued and revived.
But without question the highlight of the day were the blueberry muffins fresh from the Beechworth Bakery in Echuca. Mmmmmm.
Start time : 7.56am
Last boat : 6.25pm
Support Crew - Ron, Carmel, Eliza, Margaret, Bruce and Gerald
Touted by Ian as the toughest day because of the 'heavy thick' water we went into Day 4 cautiously even though it was 'only' 64km.
The sun wasn't as hot as there was much more access to shade a cool breeze which helped us concentrate on how sore our butts were! The roll of bubble wrap thrown into the bus came in handy for a bit of MacGyver DIY as we fashioned some back padding, which was not.
For the second day in a row we encounted naked campers (except this time they didn't flee??), although this time it seemed to be only the guy as the lady with him was fully clothed (which was lucky going on popular opinion).
Over the last few days we have been lucky enough to meet lots of people along the way in fishing boats, house boats and on the shore so last night we put our website on a dozen tennis balls so we could throw them out to people to explain what we are doing and even possibly raise some extra money.
Today we got the chance to do that early on with a group of walkers and numerous houseboats along the way. The highlight of these 'row bys' was when we stopped and had a chat for quite a while with an expat American who had moved to Australia to live with his girlfriend. Despite his generous and tempting offer of a beer it was too early in the day's work so we had to decline.
Nick is still planning the demise of Scot after his efforts today to run him over in the kayak failed. Back to the drawing board!
Simon's cricket hat is safe and sound after an almost botched rescue attempt when it went overboard. After three u-turns and missed pick ups the Shane Warne special was rescued and revived.
But without question the highlight of the day were the blueberry muffins fresh from the Beechworth Bakery in Echuca. Mmmmmm.
Start time : 7.56am
Last boat : 6.25pm
I'm glad that my nude camping isn't going unnoticed!!!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work.
gerald's socks are bit high for my liking
ReplyDeleteDave