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Had to stay back and work friday night, so didn't get away until Sat morning 5am. On a tip I headed north about an hour and at first light wandered up and down a 500m section of creek before picking my spot for the day.
Hard going. Compacted river rock down to bedrock or clay then bedrock, after 10 straight hours digging out the riverbed I was pretty much done in. Even drinking a beer that evening hurt before I crawled into the jeep to crash out (heh at 7pm). Woke up at 5am and its -2 outside and in. Ice crystals on my wetsuit made for a fun time... Decided to start moving and ended up chasing the sunrise to try and find a hot pie somewhere for breakfast. Victoria is big huh - and those pinprick towns on the map you wouldn't want to blink or miss them. No pie. :-(
Was a slow day today - just aching from Sat's effort. In the end I just took it easy and enjoyed the sun (and a couple of kangeroos scaring the bejeezus out of me on the walk back along the river).
Piccys;
Sundays setup - just messing around in crevasses mostly.
This never gets old!
Sundays sunrise while im freezing my @rse off waiting for it to get warm
Roos! I know most Australians think they are pests, but I reckon they are freakin awesome. (and seriously you guys have possum wildlife reserves??? LOL!)
the spoils. 3rd time out and much better than my Eldorado-Beechworth efforts
Back to NZ the next couple of weekends. So gives me some time to think where next.
Hard going. Compacted river rock down to bedrock or clay then bedrock, after 10 straight hours digging out the riverbed I was pretty much done in. Even drinking a beer that evening hurt before I crawled into the jeep to crash out (heh at 7pm). Woke up at 5am and its -2 outside and in. Ice crystals on my wetsuit made for a fun time... Decided to start moving and ended up chasing the sunrise to try and find a hot pie somewhere for breakfast. Victoria is big huh - and those pinprick towns on the map you wouldn't want to blink or miss them. No pie. :-(
Was a slow day today - just aching from Sat's effort. In the end I just took it easy and enjoyed the sun (and a couple of kangeroos scaring the bejeezus out of me on the walk back along the river).
Piccys;
Sundays setup - just messing around in crevasses mostly.
This never gets old!
Sundays sunrise while im freezing my @rse off waiting for it to get warm
Roos! I know most Australians think they are pests, but I reckon they are freakin awesome. (and seriously you guys have possum wildlife reserves??? LOL!)
the spoils. 3rd time out and much better than my Eldorado-Beechworth efforts
Back to NZ the next couple of weekends. So gives me some time to think where next.
