AustralienState of New South WalesBourke30°38’15” S 144°56’22” E 19. Februar in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C
1285 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Louth
Still very hot and still very quiet. Haven't seen anyone else on the river in nearly 400kms of paddling. Definitely have the river to myself!
AnotherWeiterlesen
AustralienState of New South WalesBourkeLouth30°32’24” S 145°7’8” E 20. Februar in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 36 °C
1254 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Tilpa
Made it into Louth for a late lunch at Shindys Inn, a small one room hotel which is the centrepiece of Louth (population 43). It is owned and run by Kathy whoWeiterlesen
AustralienState of New South WalesBourke30°39’47” S 144°54’47” E 21. Februar in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
1216 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Tilpa
Cloudy and a bit cooler today which made the portage around the downstream Louth weir a bit more bearable, but still a 2 hour slog.
I think there are 7 weirsWeiterlesen
Reisender The weirs don’t look like a big drop but obviously too steep or shallow for you to go through?
AustralienState of VictoriaMelbourneBahnhof Flinders Street37°48’57” S 144°58’1” E 22. Februar in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
1173 ks to Wentworth
Next town: Tilpa
A nice long, but pleasant day on a very scenic section of the river.
Slightly sore finger joints as I had experienced on the other trips, otherwise allWeiterlesen
Hi Mark, enjoying your blog. What a contrast here. Bare river bank and birds. [Kong]
AustralienState of New South WalesBourke30°53’58” S 144°38’8” E 23. Februar in Australien ⋅ 🌬 33 °C
1135 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Tilpa
The easterly tailwind has gone and is now a south westerly headwind which has made for slow progress. Hoping to get to Tilpa on Saturday but now it's lookingWeiterlesen
Reisender
Yes that’s lovely and the river looks very pleasant . Are these goats farmed or wild do you think?
AustralienState of New South WalesCentral DarlingTilpa30°55’53” S 144°25’6” E 24. Februar in Australien ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
1093 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Wilcannia
A big day to get to Tilpa, with 7 hours paddling, 2 hours portaging around the Tilpa weir and 2 hours due diligence at the Tilpa Hotel. Found a camp siteWeiterlesen
AustralienState of New South WalesCentral Darling31°4’54” S 144°19’49” E 25. Februar in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
1060 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Wilcannia
AustralienState of New South WalesCentral Darling31°10’15” S 144°5’13” E 26. Februar in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
1022 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Wilcannia
A nice relaxed days paddling despite the warm conditions. Tilpa is forecast to be 40 degrees plus for the next 4 days which I’m not looking forward to. IWeiterlesen
Reisender So I think you went earlier in the year as you didn’t like the cold in previous years. Now you have the heat. Which is easier?
Reisender Yes, good point. I was cold more than hot on the Murray and Murrumbidgee trips, but they were in late March/April/early May. What I clearly should have realised is that outback NSW is going to be hotter that those 2 southern rivers, and particularly so in February. The positive thing is that theDarling has more flow in summer due to wet season rainfall in south Queensland.
AustralienState of New South WalesCentral Darling31°20’55” S 144°2’26” E
27. Februar in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
980 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Wilcannia
Still very hot and very isolated. Haven't seen anyone since leaving Tilpa.
I may have been lucky with the flow in the river currently being about 2000Weiterlesen
That's encouraging news about the state of the river (except for the pigs and goats). The mosquitoes and flies sound pretty awful though - do you have one of those netted hats? [Eileen]
Reisender I did try a netted hat, but somehow the flies would get inside it. I just use repellent when I have to, but have made mental note to take a fly swat if I ever do a trip like this again!
AustralienState of New South WalesCentral Darling31°26’48” S 143°50’36” E
28. Februar in Australien ⋅ 🌩️ 40 °C
938 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Wilcannia
Super hot today. I think it reached 44 degrees in Wilcannia and it sure felt like it on the river.
Had a group of 15 to 20 pelicans with me today. I wouldWeiterlesen
Reisender
That really looks very difficult. How many weirs to go?
Reisender Only three that I know of. Tilpa, Wilcannia and Menindee. I am going to email NSW Water with some suggestions!
That tree with exposed roots is amazing - it must have deep and well-anchored roots! [Eileen]