.Days
14
&
15
-
9/6
&
10/6/07
-
St.Ruth
to
North
of
Kogan
Bruce's
Report:
To
avoid
the
traffic
on
the
Warrego
Highway
Steve
headed
for
Chinchilla
on
the
Kogan
Road.
Carol
Posselt
(Steve's
wife)
drove
out
to
walk
with
Steve
for
a
ten
kilometre
stretch
before
the
Condamine
River
which
we
discovered
was
bone
dry.
After
a
photo
shoot
on
the
bed
of
the
river
and
a
quick
lunch
Steve
continued
walking
until
just
short
of
Kogan.
We
picked
him
up
and
transported
him
to
a
farmhouse
just
out
of
Chinchilla
owned
by
Greg
and
Tammy
Johnston
where
we
spent
a
lovely
night
with
good
food,
excellent
wine,
a
great
fire
and
friendly
people.
We
were
told
that
there
was
water
in
the
Condamine
so
the
next
morning
we
transported
Steve
north
of
his
last
spot
on
the
road
and
deposited
him
in
the
river.
He
arrived
at
the
Chinchilla
Weir
at
around
3:00PM.
Steve'
Report:
Yesterday
was
just
solid
walking
and
on
long
straight
roads.
I
was
really
pleased
that
it
went
OK
because
the
day
before
my
right
achiles
tendon
was
very
sore
and
swollen.
Kerrie
made
sure
that
I
iced
it
and
for
walking
I
applied
a
compression
bandage.
It
worked
great.
We
met
a
photographer
at
lunch
time
when
we
were
at
the
Condamine
River.
He
took
some
snaps
and
Bruce
did
some
filming
in
the
dry
reiver
bed
and
then
it
was
off
again
down
the
road
to
Kogan.
Today
we
found
water
in
the
Condamine
upstream
of
the
weir.
This
was
on
the
Chinchilla
to
Kogan
Road.
So,
the
kayak
got
wet
again
and
my
leg
got
a
rest.
It
was
a
very
pleasant
paddle
but
there
was
lots
of
what
I
think
is
blue
green
algae
about
and
the
weir
level
was
still
very
low.
The
normal
water
level
seemed
to
be
about
3m
above
me.
Anyway,
there
is
nothing
downstream
of
the
weir
so
I
set
off
from
here
tomorrow
on
the
road
again.
Bruce
and
Kerrie
will
generously
transport
me
back
to
talk
to
the
schools
here.
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Steve,
Kerrie
and
Bruce
discuss
the
route
on
the
roadside |
Steve
back
in
the
water
on
the
Condamine
River
near
Chinchilla |