Woke up with frost on the ground. My Wet Pants which I hung over the front wall had frost which made it easier to make sure they were dry. Another day of walking through the fields and then climbing up the back of the Telowie Gorge National Park. Then it was a follow of the Go Kart Track.
This is a fire control track that follows the ridge line between east and west and has many PUDS (Pointless Ups and Downs). To a walker to continue to climb a hill and then just lose that height to climb the next one is one thing that gets on the nerves after a while.
A good walk track would contour slowly around the hills leaving the peaks alone until necessary. But this is the Heysen. The fire control track is another thing. It is put in to manage fire supposedly. I could see the results of fires on either side of the track and the bush recovering but the scar of the track in some places 50 metres wide will never get chance to recover.
I finally reached the designated camp site only to be disappointed at the offering. I filled up with water and moved about 100 metres up the track where there was at least a level spot that was in the lee of some bushes protecting me from a bit of wind at least.
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