August 2022
Section 4: We Get By With a Little Help From Our Friends
Crystal Brook to Burra with some wild weather and a few disasters
Section 4: Not Giants but Windmills
I’ve spent a lot of time over this section thinking about Don Quixote. This is partly because we walked under the massive blades of wind turbines outside of Hallett, providing a convenient literary parallel; and partly because I’m tickled by the quixotic nature of what we’re doing. Following the trail means rejecting logic. We will […]
Section 3: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
The trek from Quorn to Crystal Brook has been difficult, beautiful and graced by kindness, support and the benefits of excellent postal service. The seven days it has taken have felt closer to a fortnight with the first three days involving big climbs up and down Mount Brown and Mount Remarkable while also seeing us […]
Section 3: Every Day Is Leg Day
Quorn to Crystal Brook featuring a bunch of mountains
Section 2: “You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes”.
Section 2 from Hawker to Quorn has been equal parts challenging and stunning. We have spent the last five days in some truly wild places, traversing narrow and rocky creek beds, spectacular gorges, stony plains and wind swept ridge tops. Our days have taken on a rhythm of eating, hiking and sleeping. We are covering […]
Section 1: “If you don’t keep your feet there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to”
So first up a disclaimer - it’s been something of a battle getting started. I contracted covid two weeks before we were about to set off which threw a spanner into the works for planning, training and general readiness. Nonetheless I managed to assemble resupply boxes, get my pack together and was ready for the […]
