Left at about 9 after breakfast. No wind and a bit cooler.  Experimented with different strokes to try and stop the tops of my shoulders (or bottom of my neck) hurting.  After a few styles I figured out the best.  I was able to up the average a bit.  Generally today I felt pretty  strong.  Came across a couple of people to talk to which are included in the times.

Went through my first annanabranch today.  A very short one called “Paddy Hennessy Cutting” .  Was partially full of  logs and a reasonable current, but  got there without any trouble.  I have been keeping away from these as they can be too full of logs to negotiate.
Was concerned that there wouldn’t be any camping spots in the Barmah National Park,  but there have been a few. Not as many as further upstream but enough. 

No phone reception therefore no uploads. Probably the same tomorrow.

The fish are splashing here Rob.

Also while I remember..  Somewhere north of Cobram a massive swirl appeared beside my boat.  Not an ordinary upwelling effect but  the swirl you get when a fish  takes off.  The swirl was about 3/4 of a meter across.  It would have been a massive fish.  Can’t remember the exact location :-).

Tomorrow will get to Picnic Point and get into the caravan park,  have a shower,  wash  some clothes and charge everything up. No shop there though, but have enough supplies till  I get to Echuca.  Maybe two more days to Echuca after Picnic Point.

This spot is 1826 kilometres from the mouth.  Next week I’ll work out an average and project a finish date.