Day 24. Saturday 10th January, 2009.

132km's from Cocklebiddy to the bush somewhere in the middle of no where. Yes, it was another camping night. The novelty of camping (it was only our 2nd night camping) has now worn off with me. Lachlan loves it. It was fairly hot during the day so we just sat around in the shade till the heat of the day was over. I have to admit that the nights are beautiful. Once again we went to sleep as soon as it was dark & we all got up at 5am. The mornings are also beautiful - it's just the days that I don't like. It is so hot when you are trying to set up camp & there is nowhere to have a shower or plug in a fan etc. Thank goodness there were tree's. We just kept picking up our folding chairs (or in my case, banana lounge) & followed the shade around. I am fast learning to appreciate all the comforts that electricity, plumbing etc brings us. I think things were really catching up with Mike by now as well. He was feeling very unwell by this stage. I think the exhaustion was making him ill. He has such an amazing mind set though, he just keeps on pushing forward. I lot of other people by this stage may have thrown in the towel. Mike's faith & strong will, will help him achieve his goal. In the meantime, Lachlan was in his element. He just loves the whole camping bit, which goes to show that he can get by without all his electronic stuff!

Cheers, Julie.