Hume & Hovell Walking Track - Day 009 - Island Forest Park

 

Day:	009
Date:	Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Start:	Island Forest Park
Finish:	Island Forest Park
Daily Kilometres:	0
Total Kilometres:	182.6
Weather:	Overcast, squally with showers.
Accommodation:	Camping at Island Forest Park
Nutrition:	Zero
Aches:	None
Pictures:	None
GPS Track:	None
Journal:	The day was a total wipe-out.  In retrospect, the unexpected feelings of fatigue I had yesterday were the first signs of some kind of virus.  I woke about 4am to the sounds of torrential rain and to a splitting headache.  At 7am it was still squally outside and I felt even worse, so postponed a decision on the day's activity to 10am, the latest I could probably get up and still reach the next scheduled campsite. At 10am I still felt terrible and, as showers were passing through frequently, it seemed sensible to stay put rather than pack up camp in the wet and then find out I was too ill to go far and have to set up camp again.  This is the first day I can ever remember getting ill on one of my treks. So, the whole day was spent sleeping in the hope that I could shake off whatever it was.  I wasn't up to reading or even listening to the radio.  I just wanted to sleep and get rid of the headache and associated nausea.  I don't think it was food poisoning because I didn't have one of the "classic symptoms" but I didn't feel hungry and didn't eat at all for 36 hours.  The whole time was just a blur of tossing and turning and passing rainstorms and squalls.