FRIDAY 10 JULY HANN CROSSING CAMP
Today was one of doing a lot, but a little!
I tried to make foccacia bread, but John was a bit too enthusiastic with the coals on top of the camp oven and it got very burnt outside – but the inside was edible.
John fished, with no luck. He put a yabby net in the river – on a long rope!
We drove a little way down the Musgrave track and got some more wood – we didn’t need a great deal, as we do not have bonfires, just little camp fires.
Aerial of Hann Crossing and North Kennedy River. Our camp location is circled
I wrote some letters. Did a crossword.
We saw two vintage cars drive by – not exactly what one expects to see in these parts. Thought they must be looking for wood. The rocky bar between Camps 13 and 14 must have defeated them, because they soon came back past. Saw them a little later, across the river. dragging wood behind them.
John caught a yabby in his pot. He cooked and ate it.
John’s first yabby catch. Cloud reflections in the river make it appear that he is on a ridge top
It clouded over in the afternoon.
Tea was cold corned beef, potatoes, salad. And the pawpaw we filched from the bush at Kalpowar camp.
Rangers called in just as we were finishing dinner. Clearly, it is ok for us to be camped here. They said the croc at Seven Mile Kennedy was only 16 foot long! It sure looked bigger than that to me. The remains of the paw paw we’d nicked at Kalpowar were still in full view, as we’d just eaten it.
There are people in a camp across the other side of the river; that’s a fair distance because the river is pretty wide here.
North Kennedy River at Hann Crossing Number 12 camp
After dark, John filled the black shower bag with hot water from the pot on the fire, and hung it from the roof rack of Truck. He then had an open air shower. I will settle for something a bit more modest and use a face washer and bucket – in the tent!
This Adventurous Age 