2026 Great South West Walk
Today is ‘travel day’ leaving Canberra at 4:00am and due to arrive in Portland, Victoria at around 6:30pm.
As I write this post I’m sitting in my bus seat and have been on the road for around 35 minutes. Loved the 3:00am alarm, not! Thankyou Gill for dropping me off.
I just realised that this will be the longest land based trip I have ever done by public transport, and while it’s an extra four hours on top of driving, I appreciate not having to focus on the road for long periods.
Booking this transport was a relatively easy process with the hardest part being to align the two legs of the trip. The sacrifice was the early Canberra start but the alternative was to arrive in Portland around midnight so I gave that a miss as it would have meant a bad nights sleep leading into my walk.
Once I hit Melbourne I have roughly two hours to wait before my train/bus trips to get me to my destination. Given the current Middle East situation the Victorian transport cost is almost non existent with the state government encouraging people to use public transport.
On a non transport related topic, yesterday I needed to get a new pair of lycra gaiters so decided to walk to my closest outdoor store. I had to have a rest when I returned home which worried me leading into this trip. It wasn’t until I realised why it tired me out – I had walked just on 7km in distance at a pace of 5km per hour. This was a pace I haven’t been able to do for a number of years and for the first time in many years, I’m not even thinking about walking speed as a limiting factor.
Today is ‘travel day’ leaving Canberra at 4:00am and due to arrive in Portland, Victoria at around 6:30pm. As I write this post I’m sitting in my bus seat and have been on the road for around 35 minutes. Loved the 3:00am alarm, not! Thankyou Gill for dropping me off. I just realised that this […]