It rained all night and at fisrt light we all appear from our tents. It has been a long time since I spend 13 hours in bed. A few had tent issues and EJ has everything wet but he remains very philosophical. We dry our tents out, have breakfast, empty the rainwater from the boats and set off for a slow day across lake Hume.
The first part of the day was still in the dry part of the lake and it was very interesting to see the old river bed. We saw many birds, including a huge flock of Pelicans. The food must be abundant in the shallow upper reaches of the lake. We are now in the lake proper and enjoy paddling through the dead trees. Before long we are at the Wymah Ferry where we have lunch. Thomo has not seen the ferry before and enjoyed a trip on the ferry across the lack and back. Now he has a goal to ride on every ferry on the Murray.
The wind is getting stronger as we head off down the lake again. The waves are now getting up to half a meter and the boats are handling the conditions well. We find a great sheltered camping spot at Drummond point and enjoy the rest of the evening swimming, eating, and talking. We found we could get phone reception from the top of the hill so calls home were in order.
What a change we have seen in the last few days as we come out of the mountains and through lake Hume. From here the river starts it long winding path to the mouth. Hard to believe that the river only falls 170m in elevation over 2200km. most of this is on the first half.
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