Day 16
14.8 km
Cum 320.6 km
Camped: Harris Dam Campsite
Got out of camp at the usual 06h30, with the hope that I can make this short section before the afternoon showers that were forecast! It was so good to get into dry clothes for a change!
There were lots of spider, enamel, cowslip orchids around and some jarrah trees with the odd paperbarks.
There was a previously burnt off section that has been taken over by pink pea flowers, looks glorious!
When getting to another track/ road intersection the track on the other side was danger taped and a diversion notice was in place to go around the prescribed burn that had occurred on 23 Sep as it turned out. The diversion was fairly well marked too and added only 0.5 km to the trail. It was along this diversion that I met Glen, who is attempting to do the trail in 14 days!! That’s over 70km per day on average!! He is also raising money for charity. Wow!!
Got to about 3km from the hut when it started to drizzle… and continued to do so until 10h15, when I reached the hut, then the rain stopped! Bummer! Did the weather not read the weather forecast of AFTERNOON showers???
Carmel came in about an hour and a half later, for what will be our last night on the track.
The real afternoon showers came in at 12h40…a more appropriate time for afternoon showers 😉
