Heading South around
the coast, we tried several different tracks to find a beach but in
vain.
On one road we turned back as the bridge looked too dodgy. This bridge was constructed of logs running across the width of the road, the fresh ones on the right looked slippery and the left ones were very old. Not worth the risk. We back tracked again.
On one road we turned back as the bridge looked too dodgy. This bridge was constructed of logs running across the width of the road, the fresh ones on the right looked slippery and the left ones were very old. Not worth the risk. We back tracked again.
We continued on in
the National Reserve, beautiful bush, narrow windy roads and wet.
The recent rains had
caused quite a bit of damage to the road and it was slow going. Oh
and did I mention that in places it was slippery!! We did require
the use of a winch at one point.
We had covered 80ks
in the 8 hours and it was getting time for lunch. Just before our
destination we came to the last river. There was no bridge and the
river was flooded and flowing fast.
A short drive back up the hill for a camp site and view. Amazingly we had 4 bars of phone signal, all good for the night.
John checked out the depth of the river by braving the cold and walking across. The water came up to his navel in the deepest sections. The crossing angled downstream 60m and he struggled against the current to get back. We decided if the river went down a foot and slowed all would be well. We didn't cherish the whole two days to backtrack.
A short drive back up the hill for a camp site and view. Amazingly we had 4 bars of phone signal, all good for the night.
John checked out the depth of the river by braving the cold and walking across. The water came up to his navel in the deepest sections. The crossing angled downstream 60m and he struggled against the current to get back. We decided if the river went down a foot and slowed all would be well. We didn't cherish the whole two days to backtrack.
