Up at 6:30 after listing to the B-doubles on the highway for the last hour. By 7:30 we are ready to go so we all trolley our boats down the highway once again to the boat ramp. We say fairwell to the remaining family and friends and head off towards Cod's Head Reef.
The morning is warm and I have the first shirt dunking at 9am, a good hour earlier than in the last hot spell we had. The river is flowing well; although, the water level is starting to drop. With all the big pumps running on the banks I am surprised there is any water left in the river at all. The river is now wider again and all day we have long straights in between the wide bends.
The morning goes fast as does the distance. By lunch we are at Cod's Head Reef, another infamous rapid in the river for paddle steamers. We have lunch and it is now real hot. We decide to find a better spot, with shade and swimming options. By 3 we stop for a longer break and a snooze. It is now hard to find places to swim as the current has slowed and thick weed is growing close to the banks. To keep cool we keep wetting shirts and hats. The coolest place is probably being wet in the boat.
We push on until 6pm and we start looking for a camp spot. Not easy, and by 6:30pm we find a less than perfect place to set up camp. I went for s walk when I got out of the boat only to find that just around the bend was a cracker of a camping spot. This has happened s lot on the trip.
I now in my tent on the bank of the river, a full moon overhead beaming into my tent, the mosquitos buzzing on the outside of the tent (I hope), the sounds of fish and birds in the river, and trying to stop sweating so I can go to sleep. It is s hot one and it will be like this for the next two days.
Two big milestones today. We passed the half way point from Bringenbrong to the sea and we passed 1000km from Albury. That means we have done 2.5 Murray Marathons in the last 3 weeks.
No photos tonight as I left the camera in the boat and a annoy going to battle the mosquitos to get it.
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