2019 Hume and Hovell Track
The style at Captains campground
Day 2 on the Hume and Hovell Track and while we are still road walking it’s become more interesting as we’re off the highway. The road walking is not really exciting but we were aware that’s what made up the first part of the walk.
Today we leave our overnight stop on the side of the road with the intent of stopping at the Captain Campsite. I imaged this site was named after the explorer Hovell as he was a naval officer but no it was named after the lead Bullock of their team. How on earth they managed to get a bullock through the bush when roads were non existent at the time – it’s bad enough just walking. As it has only taken an hour to get to this campsite we decide to press on and average out the next two days. We go to what we thought was going to be an area with water views but when we get there we discover it’s the name of the property and the road we are hiking. We did later check the guidance info and sure enough, we were told. We press on and find a nice spot off the road after walking around 15.2 km for the day which leaves us a shorter day for tomorrow – which comes in handy when you trying to produce and edit a podcast.
After setting up tent at around 2.30pm-ish we have a snooze and decide we don’t feel like eating so after a hot chocolate and a Sustagen we are in bed by 6:00pm and asleep not long after. The scenery is starting to become more natural now and feels like a hike.
We are slowly working out the maps and what all the little symbols mean – only using them to check what’s ahead.
Day 2 on the Hume and Hovell Track and while we are still road walking it’s become more interesting as we’re off the highway. The road walking is not really exciting but we were aware that’s what made up the first part of the walk. Today we leave our overnight stop on the side of […]