Cubby’s Camp to Cut Out Camp 22nd October 2025 15.1km ( with diversion +6 km)

 A very rainy stormy night which feels kind of weird being a teeny tiny tent in the middle of it all. But we were warm and dry and dare I say slept pretty well considering. 

Our campground mates were leaving about 4 am to get themselves into Portland at a reasonable time. The folly of young ones… you would never catch me hiking in the rain and dark.

We woke and struggled to move. But move we must. It took us forever to sort ourselves, cannot wait for the routine to kick in.

Left camp about 8.30am, which is pretty late but off we go. The weather is looking ok for now but we will heed the weather warnings as much as we are able.


So much mud from all the rain and a bit of tree carnage which makes the track a bit of an obstacle course in parts.





We come out into the open for a bit and the winds are howling, very unpleasant as was the very close encounter with a copperhead snake. Didn’t come out just once tho, came out again so that I could get a good look too. Interestingly how quickly you can move sideways to get away. To be fair tho he didn’t like us much either.



We continue back into the forest of Cobboboonee National Park and the mud.

We arrive at Boiler swamp road and note that we don’t continue to Ralph’s Bridge where the entrance is on the other side of the road. So the diversion that we have heard so much about is a long walk along a dirt road.


It’s crazy and I will digress for a minute to mention that this bridge was built by the friends of the GSWW and was destroyed by falling trees about 2 years ago. The friends are very happy to build again but Victoria Parks say that they must as it needs structural engineers etc but there is no money in Vic Parks so here we are, sorry…..

After about 30 minutes or so when we are really in the middle of nowhere, the storm decides to hit us.  Firstly the wind, it is terrifying. If you can imagine we are surrounded by these enormous trees all creaking and swaying and loads of branches flying.Then the rain starts and the worst part is we just have to keep walking, we have no other choice. As intelligent humans we know if you are caught in this situation, the first thing you do is seek shelter. But there is none…

Neither of us are very chatty. We estimate that added about 5-6 kms to our day.

We arrived about 3pm and thankfully at this stage we have the camp to ourselves. We set the tent up in the shelter for a bit of protection and go about getting ourselves warm and dry.

I’m starting to worry a bit now for my feet, particularly my right foot as I can see tinges of darkness in the nails of at least 3 toes. Let’s be positive, all will be well.

It’s not long after dinner that we dive into our little tent.



Cozy hey?

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