Walking for Talking 2

Day 6 and this is not the blog post we wanted to write

Unfortunately Graeme has had to stop.  The sore left knee from yesterday felt ok when he woke up but after only 4kms with the cart the pain was too bad to continue. He can walk 'ok' (I don't really know what that means) but to carry/tow any weight/load such as the cart is no longer sustainable. He had hurt one foot about 2-3 weeks before leaving and this has been fine - the knee is a new injury.

On top of that, they had another night of heavy rain and storms so everything is sodden. For Graeme, who is just in sleeping bag under a light weight tarp with (realistic) expectations of cold dry weather this is significant impact. I can't imagine what it's going to feel like getting into that tonight.

Bren and Matt were still close by, so Graeme has spent most of the day with them in the car coming as far east as they can. Tonight they are at Camp 12 but their ETA at Birdsville isn't known. This is mostly due to the extreme weather that is being experienced across Central Australia and I guess an amount of reluctance to leave.

He's absolutely crushed by the turn of events, upset and disappointed as no doubt you might be as well for his sake.  He knows everyone will be thinking of him and wishing him well.

I will blog again when we receive any more news and/or photos but I imagine this might be a few days away still.

 Thank you everyone for the support to date to Graeme and beyondblue