Day 17
23 km
Cum 343.6 km
Camped: Collie- NO CAMPING 🙂
I was pretty keen to get into town again today after not having showered for 7 days! But I digress…
There were quiet a few rain showers during the night which means it wasn’t as cold as before. I also hoped that, that would mean it was all rained out… hahahaha…or not!
Lots of wet overhanging plants, meant no rain but still wet during the morning !
There was a section of forest, coming near the dam, that had very much a fairy feel to it. The fern undergrowth and soft lichens and mosses made it so. Apparently others agree with me as they created fairy gardens- see pics.
First point of interest for the day was Harris Dam. A very cool construction, the dam wall being the granite bed rock !
Today’s walking was also very much a maze, having to find your way between many 4WD tracks and even more mountain bike tracks! Lots of turns, so had to stay awake.
There was a bit of drizzle today, but not too bad.
Coming into town my first stop was the visitors centre, to sign the log book and find out if there was a way to get to Wellington Dam for the mural.
Then the most important stop- pub for a scotch steak lunch special and cider . Very good indeed!
I ended up booking at the same place as Carmal, and just caught her before she did her laundry. So we joined loads. Washing clean, then jumped in the shower so that I could be fresh too!!! Soo good!
I also popped into the library to start on the blog.
