Day: |
009 |
Date: |
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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Start: |
Island Forest Park
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Finish: |
Island Forest Park
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Daily
Kilometres: |
0 |
Total
Kilometres: |
182.6
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Weather: |
Overcast, squally with showers.
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Accommodation: |
Camping at Island Forest Park
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Nutrition: |
Zero
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Aches: |
None
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Pictures: |
None
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GPS Track: |
None
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Journal: |
The day was a total wipe-out. In retrospect, the unexpected
feelings of fatigue I had yesterday were the first signs of some
kind of virus. I woke about 4am to the sounds of torrential
rain and to a splitting headache. At 7am it was still squally
outside and I felt even worse, so postponed a decision on the day's
activity to 10am, the latest I could probably get up and still reach
the next scheduled campsite.
At 10am I still felt terrible
and, as showers were passing through frequently, it seemed sensible
to stay put rather than pack up camp in the wet and then find out I
was too ill to go far and have to set up camp again. This is
the first day I can ever remember getting ill on one of my treks.
So, the whole day was spent sleeping in the hope that I could
shake off whatever it was. I wasn't up to reading or even
listening to the radio. I just wanted to sleep and get rid of
the headache and associated nausea. I don't think it was food
poisoning because I didn't have one of the "classic symptoms" but I
didn't feel hungry and didn't eat at all for 36 hours. The
whole time was just a blur of tossing and turning and passing
rainstorms and squalls.
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