Thanks for the positive feedback eh. It’s a touch exposing putting this stuff out, but I really enjoy the writing, especially by hand where I can’t change any structure or anything as I go. And once a journal is finished and you can follow it through on the archaic Web 1.0 CGOAB website, I get a great feeling of satisfaction. Certainly enough to get absorbed in it and appreciate the layout’s basicness. There are plenty of really inspiring stories to read through there (they’ve just ticked over 10000 journals all up).
Dalai, we had capacity for 22L plus five bidons. The only time we carried that much - between Wilpena and Hawker - we still had about 8L left after two days out in 43C heat. We could have taken less, but I’d rather have 8L spare if we ended up stuck out there for a bit.
I’d recommend the Sea To Summit reinforced goon bag style water bladders for storage; they were excellent. Way better than the old MSR Dromedary (which always tasted like rank) and much lighter/smaller. Cheap too.