Tony
It’s a cold
start but 5km down and I’m fully warmed up by the paddling. There are no
animals to see around here unfortunately, though the great thing is that the
river heads no
I get to
our planned meeting point, Joyner Lagoon in Cobdogla, in good time and decide
to put in some extra clicks to reach lock 3. That way, I won’t have to start
late tomorrow to wait for the lockmaster to arrive at 8am to let me through, I
can just get in and start on the other side of the weir instead. It’s an extra 12km
and takes me by the vast Watchels Lagoon and Loch Luna. There are a lot of
waterways around here and islands in the river which add some interest to an
otherwise fairly monotonous landscape.
Distance paddled: 56 km
Pan
We're staying by
Joyner Lagoon, courtesy of Cobdogla Station Caravan Park – thank you! Peter and
Jean of the Barmera Lions club come to say hello, they’ve been working as
stewards at the Barmera triathlon all day, sounds like a very busy event with a
few hundred athletes participating – good work guys! Jean gives us some
home-made muffins, which I’ve yet to try myself, but Tony wolfed down a couple while
he was fixing an electrical issue in the caravan (it’s one problem after another!)
- that man can tinker away and resolve just about any practical matter – that’s
why I call him ‘Doctor Rykers’! Yeah, so the muffins got his seal of approval
and I reckon he won’t be getting any more because we’re not meeting for lunch tomorrow
and they’re sitting over there by the kettle right now saying “Pan, Pan, eat
me!” Thanks for those, Jean, what a great present!
Tony’s been
working on the electrics a long time and once he’s done I knock up some chilli
con carne with all the trimmings, which goes down a storm, before we turn in
for the cold, windy night.
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