Day 4
18.9 km
Cum 82.4 km
Camped: Canning Hut
The night was uneventful in terms of critters visiting, though we had some passing drizzles.
I left the hut a little after 7am and was delighted to find that most of the trail was flat to Brookton Hut, 8km away.
Met up with a school group of young kids who were there overnight , many hiking for the first time. Also ended up borrowing them my tweezers as a few had ticks on them… note to self AGAIN!
Just before I left Tom and Maddy arrived for their morning tea and I caught up with them.
On one of my breaks I got a message from Bruce, the trail angel, that he dropped off my food package in North Bannister. So that is good to know!
I think the highlight of the walk today was a huge granite rock outcrop , that was a dramatic change in scenery and lead to an interesting, water logged marsh type of an area. A few new types of wild flowers popped up . It was definitely something different.
It was around this time that Tom and Maddy caught up to me , not far from Canning.
We met up there, me knowing that I will overnight here and them still debating. At the end of the of the discussion, they decided to stay the night.
We were joined a little later by Allan, who is right at the end of his walk. He was a good egg to have around as he made us a great fire! So that’s my 3rd night in a row with a fire! How nice 😉
