Another awesome nights sleep. Paddy says that because it is such a long and intense trek, you have to have good food and great sleep. For this reason, he has given us all a fantastic sleep mattress and a full size pillow and pillowcase. It has meant we all sleep so well every night - it’s amazing.
We left this morning about 8 am and started on our way. It was cooler this morning and we had cloud cover so it was pleasant walking. The sand dunes however are getting way bigger. As we stand at the bottom of them and look up, we just take a deep breath and start off. It’s easier if you can walk in the footsteps of the person in front of you. It may just be a mind game thing but we all find it works to get us to the top!
On every dune, We get to the top, get our breath back and continue on. Ali, Mumma and Troy even had a race up one today - crazy !
After 12 kms we saw Paddy set up for our lunch. Uncle Ken and Alex left early this morning to head to Birdsville to get more water, food supplies and hopefully some fuel. The problem is that there has been a lot of rain in the area and as such it has meant that as from yesterday the main roads to Birdsville for the races this weekend are cut. Paddy is not sure how long it will take before people will be able to get out of there and then there will be a shortage of fuel because the petrol truck is now unable to get there.
We are hoping Ken and Alex will get back to camp about 6.30 pm.
We head off again for the afternoon of walking with full tummies all the time on the lookout for a camel. We did see a few more dingoes this morning.
We got into camp and had a cup of tea before getting our tents all set up.
Some rain is predicted to come our way tonight so we have battened down the hatches in case it comes.
After a yummy meal of pasta carbonara and of course damper, we settle in at the camp fire to wait for Uncle Ken and Alex to get back. Finally about 7 pm after 11 hours, they arrived back at camp and they had even bought back some beers and chocolate.
Everyone’s hair is feeling very itchy and we are hanging out for a shower. Baby wipes are our best friend but you no sooner wipe yourself or your bag down and the sand and red dust is back again so we are definitely fighting a losing battle.
We all climb into bed around 8 pm wondering if we are going to get any rain through the night. Fingers crossed it holds off until we finish in a few more days.
Tomorrow we will be on our 16th day of walking and despite the fatigue, everyone is still working as a team and in good spirits but all really missing our families.
19 kms over 5 hours and 50 mins and 32,218 steps.
Camel sightings = NIL
Until tomorrow
Donna
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