Just after 7:30am I headed for Leongatha to the trail head of the Great Southern Rail Trail. This trail runs continuously for a distance of 74 km from Leongatha to Port Welshpool.
The mouth of the Hawkesbury river. I’ve seen it from the train to the Central coast of NSW. I have driven on the expressway from Sydney as well, glancing longingly down the valley and at the forked entries of the river and creek tributaries entering the mouth. It has been a long time coming, now it’s time to paddle on it.