Day 7 mile 112-137 May 21

 Day 7 112-137


 Day seven started with a very big uphill section to get us to our first water at a very interesting place called believe it or not Mike’s place. This was a very kind person who opened up their property to hikers to provide shade and water. Although Mike wasn’t in residence we certainly enjoyed having a place to  Rest in the heat of the day. His property was strewn with old cars interesting bits of equipment and weird junk of all kinds. I learned a valuable  lesson this morning about eating more for breakfast and was very hungry all morning so will not be making that mistake again. 






Today again turned into a long walking day as we needed to get to Water to camp and had to push on further than perhaps we would have. We got to the spring where there was meant to be water but it was all dried up and after bushwhacking up and down we managed to squeeze 3 L of very swampy water out of a muddy puddle at the bottom of the valley.


This led to having swampy tasting dinner and a swampy tasting hot chocolate to end the day. Despite filtering the swampy water it still had a very unusual taste, that’s being very kind. 


Just as we were about to go to sleep two headlamps came over the brow of the hill and the hiking couple from Taiwan arrived. We explained the water situation but they were in need of water and eventually found some thing and did a triple filter to try and get rid of the taste.


Once again we had no problems falling asleep under the stars.


Part of my hike is to fundraiser for refugees. I would be so grateful if you can donate to my refugee fundraiser for UNHCR or share the link with others an encourage them to donate. 


https://www.teamunhcr.org.au/mike-druce

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  1. jesondruceyMay 30, 2022 at 11:49 PM

    Hi Mike Absolutely love your adventure blog. Can feel what it must be like when you're resting and camping and meeting others and swapping stories. Can't imagine how challenging the hike is. Chapeau to you chum. Sending all the very best.

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