An exciting night was had by all. Apart from the patches of rain the sprinklers coming on. These were big pop-up sprinklers which we did not see. Tinky received the biggest soaking as one of the sprinklers was next to his tent and he did not have a fly on. Smart thinking saw the boats quickly moved to help protect the tents from the high pressure water. This however, resulted in load drumming for one and a half hours. Two lessons to learn: if the grass is green it needs water; read the signs about where not to camp.
Up at about 7 for a late departure. The weather has rolled in with some steady rain. The boys enjoy a bacon and egg roll and coffee before we leave. On the water at 8:40 and it is still raining. What a pleasure to be paddling in the cool rain.
We head for lock 3 and we need to be there before 11:30 (lock master's lunch break). We are making reasonable time and pass through Kingston on Murray before getting to the lock at 11. This part of the paddle is very pretty with a lot of small lakes and back water creating great bird habitat. The pelicans love this back water so we see lots of them.
Another quick run through the lock, however this was a big drop and we are now only 6m above sea level. We still need to paddle 430km to loose the 6m.
A quick lunch was had to save time, and then the cliffs started, bigger and more solid than what we have seen before. The cliffs have continued all afternoon. We spend time looking at the cliffs and the many holes in them.
By 4:30 we pull up on a sand bank opposite some large cliffs. Cannot get better than this.
We all head to bed early hoping to catch up on some missed sleep last night.
Some of the cliffs
Some of the holes being used by birds
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