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Day: 350

Towns / Cities Visited: 249

Countries Visited: 31

Steps Taken Today: 15,993

Steps Taken Around the World: 5,519,870

The weather may have thrown us more than a few curveballs on this trip, but there was something we just kept managing to avoid, and that was rain when we had to pack down the tent. When we’d checked the previous night, the forecast had assured us that it would almost certainly be raining all morning from the wee hours and well into the afternoon. Of course, that left us going to bed rather worried about how we would logistically get all of our stuff into the car without it being ruined. When we awoke, though, it was to the warm glow of morning sunlight, and a fresh check of the forecast showed us that clear skies were on the cards for the majority of the day. A most imprecise science indeed.

In truth, we’d both had an atrocious sleep thanks to the wind flapping the canvas once again, so not having to deal with water-based hassles was a welcome turn of events. With everything packed, we were off yet again, our first stop only a short jaunt up the road: Ongkaparinga River Mouth. As the name suggests, we were there to see where the river empties into the sea, the wide waterway carving a gracious curve through the sand to dilute the edge of the ocean ever so slightly. As I looked out over it, I did have to ask myself why it had not found a more direct path instead of taking such a detour. Luckily, a nearby sign answered my question…