Sunday 12th Feb was the day of the hill. We met on top of Mt Donna Buang at 8.00am ish. I finally saw not one but three lyre birds beside the road on the way up the mountain. I have never seen one before in the flesh. Half an hour transport back down the hill to check point 6 Woori Yallock Primary School to meet up with our two support crew walking with us today - Bett and Kerry. This was the first time the whole two teams - team nurofen and team nurofenjerkin had walked together. The walking participants were: Brian, John, Clayton, Kate, Shona, Justine, Linda, Geoff. After a slight disagreement about the direction we were to start off on - we headed due east when we picked up the warby trail.
The sun had a bit of a bite to it even at 9.12 when we set off. We made very good pace and stopped for lunch at check point 7 at Milawa in record time. Off to Warburton after a nice sit down and some sock adjustments, and we crossed the main road and started up the aptly named Martyrs Road - just a warm up for what was ahead. Peeled off by the golf course and then upwards for two or so hours. Clayton's advice on not lying down when exhausted and keeping a steady pace keep us in good stead. We all emerged at the top into the sun in 6 hours and 5 minutes - some had got up the hill some time before.
I think walking hills like this is like childbirth, luckily humans are designed to forget significant pain and remember the good bits - like the snake Justine stood on.
A little tired on the way home - and such a long way home. I hope I can get someone to pick me up from the end and drive me home from the event!
Next week - hopefully back to cycling - then a night walk just for interest - back over the kokoda trail in the dark.
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