Day 1: Mount Kosciuszko National Park -20km out of 2,550km

Cy and I have started our 350km hike following along the Murray River. The Murray starts at Mount Kosciusko National Park and winds itself through the Alpine region all the way to South Australia.

We hiked 20km with a full pack including 3l of water and 9 days of food; it was beautiful but not easy and dealing with scuff marks from the weight and rationing our food - I am always so hungry!

It was so cold and windy on top of the summit and we were grateful for our beanies. We decided to exchange our lunchtime Maggie noddles for simpler snacks as it took too much effort and fuel to get the trangia going and water is sparse!

Tomorrow another day and quite daunting to think that we will be hiking close to three weeks!

We are taking a day at a time and enjoying the beautiful nature.