Wazza said he might come over before I leave around 7am. Wayne is about to pick up me and the trolley at 7am then we'll sort out whether the trolley can be dropped at the Nindigully Pub or not… apparently Wazza is putti g something about me on the Francis Pub at Thallon's Face Book page...
Looking forward to just carrying a small day-pack today.
Look up iview Backroads, Thallon. Wayne introduces the town…
He had a change of plans, and he's coming back to Thallon, so I can help him take the trolley off.
We did it. That gave me a chance to hear some wisdom from the bush. And Wayne dropped me off where he picked me up yesterday arvo..
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That's his ute, dissappearing back to Thallon. I turn around and take atock..with 27km to go to the Nindigully Pub, at 8:24am.
Thanks a lot Wayne.
Along the road a tractor-mower driver, Bill, stopped his tractor to say G'day and ask what I was doing. :
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We talked for 10 min, he gave me some advice on places to visit, like Inot Springs caravan park, and spots around St. GEORGE, I gave him my blogpost, then we both got going again.
Thanks Bill, for taking the trouble to connect.
Laura from the Nindigully Pub, who took my booking for the room tonight, stopped to check if I was ok. I think she would have given me a lift, it I needed one. That meant I could tell her personally about my trolley left in the beer garden. This is her four wheel drive disappearing towards the Nindigully Pub.
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She knows I'm on my way, what the trolley's doing there, and what I look like. And I know how thoughtful and helpful she is. Thanks Laura.
Would you believe it, Bill the mower man got to the end of his run, going the opposite way to me, turned around, and caught up to me. I gave him a run for his money's worth and kept ahead of him for two guide posts. Then we stopped, and he told me he'd been thinking, he was doing the road to St.George tomorrow, as nd could pick up my trolley and leave it about midway to St. George at a safe spot. I said "You beauty!". He or his wife, who are doing shifts, will catch me on the road tomorrow. Yee har. Then he mowed of into the future, down the road.
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Thank you Bill, and Bill's wife. Thank you creative love, my walking partner who seems to act like a mutual friend, introducing me to old and new friends along the way. Wow. What an adventure.
We waved as Bill did a third run back on the RHS of the road. They must do three passes on both sides.
@Ten twenty-five, a half hour break, loo & twenty min with feet up.
An encouraging sign! …
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From memory it was just under 50km ftom Nindigully to Saint George, so there's probably only a bit over 10km to go.. (then 2 more days to SG, possibly in rain.)
Well, half an hour later I come to this sign..
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A break for 50 min (1:10pm-2pm). Then walk on.
At about 5km before Nindigully, another fourwheel drive slows down and yells "Checking if you're alright?" On my afirmative with thumbs up, they wave and keep going..
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The first, dark car. Thanks folk for your thoughtfulness.
Got to Nindigully Pub around 4:30, washed, put feet up, was loaned someone's hot spot to put this blog up and try to signal my lady [the Telstra towers in Thallon, and Nindigully don't let Aldi (Telstra) sim cards onto the network.] Thanks to that lady and creative love…
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