Ahead of schedule! The rain made us unmotivated, nice and dry in out little home. However there is promise of a bird sanctuary and cafe just 2km down the road. Off we trot or should I saw dawdle to Staglands. It is a cool log cabin place and the coffee is great. I enjoy the warmth inside and decide to eat lunch here.

We made a hard deadline to leave by but only have 6km to go for the day. Just as we are about to leave Graeme and his family arrive, great grandkids too! We get chatting for a bit then decide it is definitely time to go. As we stand up to leave we say goodbye and Graeme says don’t be silly I will drop you at the top of the hill. We sit back down and wait for him to finish his lunch. Graeme drops us off at the top of the hill and we are thankful. Now there is no where special or easy to errect our tent so we walk on a bit further down the hill. Well next thing we know we have walked a kilometre down the hill and another and another. No where nice or easy to pitch. Before we know it we have no choice private properties are now coming up. I message all the trail angels in the area and all are full! There is a eco farm another 3km down the road and we attempt to walk there but my toe is killing me. It hurts so much I can’t help but cry. I am also feeling rather hormonal so that doesn’t help. Also it is 5.30pm now I am done for the day. We get over a bridge and see angler access. Sliding under the bridge we find a spot to pitch. Haven’t slept under a bridge yet, now I feel proper homeless. Exhausted with sandflies galore we have a quick wash and I have more of a cry. This time because I can’t get the sand off my clean feet easily before getting in the tent lol. So all in all we did 10.1km today. We planned this walk would take us 3 days and because we had some help from Graeme it took 2.