This section of the trip has taken considerably longer than the last. During the first and much
shorter leg, I reduced the distance to Sydney by 10 kilometres but the terrain was relatively flat
and the road straight. This time the slope has been steep, necessitating a lot of bends and twists
in the route to avoid unnecessarily steep grades (especially for the railway). I have reduced the
effective distance to Sydney by only about four kilometres although by my calculations I have
actually walked about 12 kilometres. Progess should be more efficient as the route straightens out
further down.