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Pingerup plains wildflowers

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22 April

Swamp bottle brush

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A big day in ever respect

20 April

16 April, 41km: Dog Pool to Woolbales I left Dog Pool before sunrise and walked into a beautiful dawn. The first 20km to Mt Chance, I was flying along very flat sandy paths and forest roads and arrived just after 10am. I climbed up Mt. Chance (not much of a climb - total height above sea level a whooping 159m). Great views of the grassy plains I’ve been walking through pretty much since Northcliffe. But even at the top still no phone reception- I haven’t had reception since Warren hut on Monday! The trail crosses through a lot of what looks like (and is described as) swamp and flood plains and the fact that there are lots of board walks and little bridges tells me it may not always be this dry... at the moment, it is dry and there are swamp bottle brush dotting the bush with red pom-poms everywhere. The afternoon was less easy walking, another 21km to the next shelter, through more grassland, but also sometimes pretty overgrown swamp that looked like...

Day 32: the finish line!

25 April

25 April, 25 km on ANZAC Day into Albany I took my time today, given there was no one waiting for me at the end. I’m still a bit sad as I had imagined getting to the end with Birger by my side for over a month, but it is what it is. And really, it is a first-world-problem compared to what others are going through these days... This morning was along a long row of wind farms - yes, they don’t belong into the landscape but seeing renewable energy being generated makes me happy nonetheless. The coastline was still stunning and the ocean below pretty wild. The last couple of hours into Albany weren’t very exciting though, so I’ve changed my mind on walking back out tomorrow. Some nice views across the inlet, but mostly along people’s backyards. As I got closer to the Southern terminus of the trail, I video called Birger- so he was there after all - very 2020, isn’t it? (But people have done weddings and birthday parties and funerals this way - why not a...

Day 19 and the first rain (and Birger’s bday)

12 April

11 April, 26km I had the best night’s sleep- it wasn’t too cold (well, I was sleeping in my thermals and with a beanie) and I guess I was pretty hammered from walking 43 km yesterday). I sent Birger a birthday message via the Garmin and realised that it actually looks a lot like the phone I had when we first met 😂 anyone remember the Alcatel with a bulky antenna?! As I was leaving, I noticed the sign showing the path in the other direction. Yeah, it’s going to Kalamunda...in like...555km... It was a bit overcast as I took off and started to drizzle- and looking at the sky, I was pretty sure that it was going to be a question of when , not if I was going to get rained on. The trail was easy this morning, and it sometimes looked like I was walking through a green tunnel - less burns, more undergrowth. I crossed over some very green farmland, saw an emu running along the path ahead of me and made pretty quick progress towards Pemberton. I took a break at Big Brook...