Day 30 Wentworth

832 kilometres from the mouth.

Was a bit rushed getting to the lock at 9. Left the duck family.  Mum dad and eight babies.
A houseboat was leaving the lock as I was arriving so it all worked out well.
The morning was perfectly calm,  a little cool,  and I was able to get a good rhythm and focus going.  I stopped every hour and then after 3 hours for lunch.  After my call home at lunch a speedboat went past and I head someone call out that they knew me.  It was Aaron who I left at Echuca.  He was having a break of 6 days while his travelling partner was away at a wedding.  They  were just a day behind me at Robinvale.
Went through a fairly short and safe cutting which saved 10 k.  After lunch the wind blew up and  it was a slog except for the last reach where I got some behind me.
The entrance to the caravan park here is pretty special.

You come off the Murray under a little bridge and across the  Darling to the park.

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I should have a flag just like Sturt (and Rob)

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Booked lock 10 for  8am.  So early start,  it’s a long way to Renmark which is the next major town.  Lots of locks to coordinate on the way.
Bought some more supplies for what I think will be 4 or 5 nights in  the wilderness.

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4 thoughts on “Day 30 Wentworth”

  1. Good luck with the next leg Pete. Big water ahead of you, but some special country. Make sure you get some shots of the Devils elbow as you go past.

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