Day 10: Murray River to Possum Springs

 I started again before sunrise, as I was planning to “double hut” again (ie cover 2 huts in one day) (there’s a lot of lingo here, from e2e (end-to-end, ie people like me who walk the whole track in one go rather than in sections) to NOBOs (North bound end-to-Enders) and SOBOs and of double hutting, let alone the “trail names”).

The track was along the Murray river for most of the day, but I only got glimpses of the river. Most of the time, the trail was grown in and not very exciting. 

When the sun came out, it looked pretty- but it just wasn?t the most interesting bit of the walk. 

As it’s Easter weekend, there were lots of 4WD on the fire trail and there were lots of hot and dusty fire trails. Pretty much at every access trail to the river, there were people with 4WDs camped, always waving at me as I was passing with their cold drinks in hand. I kept hoping someone would actually offer me a drink... but no... 

I came across this giant moth - not sure what it is, but certainly don’t want to encounter one of those at night in a dark alley! 

I had lunch by the river - it looks idyllic, but there were 2 4WDs and about 4 dirt bikes parked about 20m from me and music blaring... 

For most of the afternoon, I could hear the rumbling of the Worsley Alumina conveyor belt which extends 50km transporting bauxite from the Mt Saddleback mine to the refinery on the coastal plain below the Darling Scarp. It was loud!!! 

The day finished off with another climb, and another German lady at the next hut. They are just everywhere, those Germans! 

Dinner was a little bit fancy, miso udon soup with crunchy seaweed followed by hot chocolate and looking at the stars in front of my tent before going to bed around 7:40pm.