Australian Hiker

My first rest day today and while I don’t need it physically my next section is 10 days to Quorn so I need today to release the first of the on trail podcasts.

I had a really bad night sleep last night and only dropped of after 2:00am. Strangely enough I don’t feel tired and that because I have had long, if broken slopes, over the past few days.

I stopped in at the reception this morning after they opened and my food resupply box is t looking good so I’ll check later today but this means I’m going to be purchasing food from the IGA supermarket to getting me through the 3 days to reach Hawker and hopefully pick up my resupply box or to purchase more food. Lesson learned I need to physically phone to make sure the resupply box has arrived!  I checked out what was on offer when I went up and purchased my breakfast and while I’m expecting no change to my food box I’ll check just in case before I go and purchase more  food.

One thing that I do on my long distance hikes is share my location through Garmin Mapshare. Through this online map you will be able to see where I am, with a time delay built in, and how I’m progressing. If you are out on-trail and have internet access to be able to use this map, say hi if I’m nearby. The farther apart the pins, the faster I am moving! In addition if you zoom in you can see the terrain from close up however it doesn’t really reflect the lush state of this area at this stage. On occasion I am taking a rest day so if I don’t appear to be moving then that’s where I’ll be.