Day 31: 18 December 2019 (SCT Day 5)
Osmiridium Beach to Granite Beach
Tim has the capacity to avoid the worst of the mud so Justin and I followed him out and were relatively unscathed for the first 20 minutes or so of the day. Our destination was Granite Beach, just 9 km away on the western side of South Cape. So we anticipated a fairly easy day. The walking was pleasant through a combination of forest, just a moderate amount of mud and wonderful beaches. The addition to these later days is the steep descents and ascents to and from each beach, sometimes with stone steps and occasionally a rope. Each beach carried a warning to be aware of the tides and continue with caution or wait for suitable conditions.
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