The two vehicles left the Bianchi residence at 5.15 p.m. after a hot afternoon and with a forecast of more hot weather to come.  It was an uneventful trip along Great Eastern Highway to Hunt’s Bodallin Well near Westonia.

After a short, unsuccessful search for a particular grove of eucalypts that were favoured as a campsite (as a result of a previous visit by Phil), at 10.00 p.m. we selected a suitable spot near the well. In quick time the camp was set up, with Rob and Phil in tents and the others using swags or camp stretchers. Fire bans did not permit a camp fire, however, it didn’t prevent the group from sitting around chatting about many wide and varied topics until retiring shortly before midnight.

Total distance travelled – 331 kilometres.