Leaving the German sisters to head north (taking my recommended short cut as they were a bit pressed for time), I headed south down the Victoria Valley Road. It was not long before a turnoff headed me into quite nice bush country and off road walking. All good except some obstacles presented themselves one by one to make this an interesting day.
The girls had tipped me off about the creek crossing. One of them had found it challenging and had tipped over her bike on the way across. Fairly warned, I took it carefully and had no problems carrying my trekkers friend pack over the water – knee deep at the far end.
A slightly more challenging expedition was around a large fallen tree. I was impressed with how my wheeled pack dealt with this as it seemed to handle rough country remarkably well.
Over time however on this rough section, the way the harness attached to the pack started to give me some trouble. The axle system had a tendency to ride up the back of the pack which meant some adjustments needed to be made. This took a couple of attempts but I got it working satisfactorily after a few mods.
