I like the area, it was where I walked when I was a skinny teenager and in the Scouts. I packed very very heavy and this was a deliberate attempt to duplicate the difficulty of doing the Falls to Hotham trip this winter.
Cecile had been telling me that I wasn't up to the trip because I'd done absolutely no training.
She was right
But the trip was a fail mainly because I simply couldn't sleep. I've been on a CPAP machine for the last while and without one I only get small bouts of sleep before waking up and after 2 nites of 10 minute sleep patches I gave up.
Also the Burchell trail is a made up walk with no real destination and not a trip between points.
The recent rains have brought back much bird life but the whole area is still showing the effects of the extended drought