https://southburnettrailtrail.au/
https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/3239/kilkivan-to-kingaroy-rail-trail-brochure
8 April 2023
It
rained during the night, so it was a bit of a slow start to the day trying to
get tents dry to avoid unnecessary weight.
The three of us girls slept in the larger tent – which is technically
three man – and it was rather cosy with the three of us and our packs, despite us
all being not much more than five foot tall and 50kg in size. I cannot imagine three big blokes squeezing
in. During the night my knee was sore,
despite not having bothered me at all during the day yesterday. Over breakfast
we discovered that one of our group had been so tired on arriving yesterday
evening that they had lost all sense of direction – being quite surprised to
see the sun now rising in what had been thought to be the West.
Today
was sunny, and a much shorter walk, 18km.
The walking today was harder, however.
Much of the day the grass was long – waist to head height. There was
also a section of approximately 5km that was like walking through a creek bed,
rocks around two to three inches in size. Every foot placement had to be
examined, meaning there was not as much opportunity to look around and enjoy
the scenery.
We
walked to Murgon today and arrived for a late lunch. We chose to rest and eat before setting up
camp. The afternoon was spent relaxing, playing Zilch, reading and massaging sore
muscles. I experimented with washing my
shirt using a laundry sheet and a dry bag jostled around to agitate it – this worked
quite well and added less than a gram to my pack for the joy of a clean shirt
on day three. For dinner we went to the
Murgon Services Club and the food was perfect.
Having sat for an extended period over dinner we all looked a bit
stumbly trying to walk back to camp despite a total alcohol consumption of one
standard drink between all of us.
https://murgonservicesclub.com.au/dining/
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