Day 22: 8 December 2019 (PDT Day 1)
On Friday 6 December, we headed to Hobart for a couple of days with Tim’s parents, as his mother Elsie recuperated from surgery. It was very special to have that time with them and to know that Elsie was recovering well before we left for the South West. We also had the opportunity to hear Madeleine sing as guest soloist with the Cygnet Singers for their Christmas concert. Our good friend Mellissa had us to stay on Saturday night and waved us off on Sunday morning before 6 am. We picked up Madeleine, grabbed a coffee en route, and soon were back on the now-familiar stretch of road through Westerway and Maydena. Less than a week earlier we had walked the entire Scotts Peak Dam Road, and here we were, ready to walk over the tiny rise at the threshold of the Port Davey Track that we first visited in October last year.
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