Winds were up all night battering the tent and keeping me awake.
Woke up to more of the same, packed a bunch of gear away, got out and tried to stand and was being blown all over the place.
Back in the tent I lay down and endured the winds and rain and mist, couldn't see very far and couldn't stand up.
After 3-4 hours the winds and fog passed and I got into the day at around 11am. Hiking through great hills and flats and enjoying the scenery of Lake Lea and the surroundings. Had a little Whip Snake slither over my left boot and between my legs around midday.
Made it to the road and had lunch, pasta and pesto.
A family gave me 4 bottles of cold water, unreal. Then got chatting with a Dutch backpacker who’s backpacking around Australia for a few months.
Full of energy and joy the trail was ok to begin with then very steep down hill and almost no existent in parts, after bush bashing I made it to the Four Ways camp right on a waterfall and went for a swim and wash.
Such a lovely spot, calm and peaceful just beautiful.
Although I couldn't figure the route beyond here, so I paddled across the river in my Bjorn Borg underwear and flip flops and tried to find the route. Standing on trees, falling off trees, walking up the river, no path.
After a wash in the waterfall I chuckle at the absurdity of myself, bush boy in his pants running around the forest.
Came back and set up my tent and look for the connecting trail once more, feeling hungry now but I defer gratification until I've found the route for the morning.
Couldn't get anything to charge today as I’m in forests very little solar rays hitting my solar panel so I take to reading the camp log book for entertainment. Just peoples notes that have passed through this section of the Penguin to Cradle Trail. I notice a few people have hiked out the opposite direction from Cradle Mountain for a days hike to here and only a couple of people have done the full trail as I am in the past 8 months, the book dates back to the mid 1980’s, that’s crazy to think this one book has been here for 30 years and gets used maybe half a dozen time each year by hikers from all around the world.
Thanks for reading - TazMania