Day ten - The rocky hills of the Upper Goulburn
The alarm was set for 5.30am but I was awake well before that. At 6:15am we were on Red Symonds’ show on ABC radio Victoria. I liked Red and I think the interview went OK.
At lunch time we had Stateline out to do some filming and an interview, and again that seemed to go quite well. I was bloody cold as I had been wet, tipped the kayak over, it was raining and there was a South Easterly breeze. In fact I reckoned I’d had just about enough of Victorian winters and paddling upstream. Only one more day of this silly stuff and then I get to saunter over a hill called the Great Dividing Range.
We called it a day at 25km. I had been soaked all day. There had been lots of rapids, lots of slogging along and just inching forwards but I guess it is all character building.
The river is lower than usual if the marks on the rocks are anything to go by.
The kayak gets a wombat eye view.
Any kayaker will recognise the trouble here, it's uphill, fast and shallow.
It looked like such a great start to the day. Perhaps if the support crew hadn't kept me waiting so long ...?
When there is no way through there is nothing for it but to walk around.
The media circus is rolling. Now the tough stuff is over everyone comes out for the story.
The end of the day is beautiful for a wide range of reasons.