The first 55kms have been fairly tiring. Apart from a sore heel the body is standing up fairly well to the abuse. We have arrived in Bathurst and after a long day of walking. We eventually finished in time for dinner at 8.00 p.m.: almost twelve hours on the road. The Western Plains are certainly not flat. I doubt if there was more than three kilometres of flat road in the entire walk. Tomorrow’s walk to Lithgow is even more up and down and ten kilometres longer.
Many of the students at Orange Public School turned out in their Relay for Life shirts. The Cancer Council people are doing a great job for the people of the west. The Care West program that was announced recently will make a real difference to families in remote areas who have someone diagnosed with cancer. It was a privilege to meet John and Jan who are part of the team of volunteers driv
ing this wonderful program.
We are looking forward to another big send off tomorrow morning at Bathurst Public School. We met Kate White, the principal, yesterday. They are having their Biggest Morning Tea tomorrow and a mufti day as part of the send off for my walk.
The countryside out here is beautiful and the weather has been great. The land is very dry and the amount of garbage at the side of the road where people throw things out of their cars is very disappointing.
Many of the students at Orange Public School turned out in their Relay for Life shirts. The Cancer Council people are doing a great job for the people of the west. The Care West program that was announced recently will make a real difference to families in remote areas who have someone diagnosed with cancer. It was a privilege to meet John and Jan who are part of the team of volunteers driv
ing this wonderful program.We are looking forward to another big send off tomorrow morning at Bathurst Public School. We met Kate White, the principal, yesterday. They are having their Biggest Morning Tea tomorrow and a mufti day as part of the send off for my walk.
The countryside out here is beautiful and the weather has been great. The land is very dry and the amount of garbage at the side of the road where people throw things out of their cars is very disappointing.
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