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A calf rescue!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008
This morning we rose at 5am again to make sure we were ready for the media who were meeting us at 8am for our start. At 9am we were still waiting for the media, and in the end gave up and started paddling just after 9am. We had an appointment with WIN news who were meeting us at Albury at midday. Due to the late start and an unexpected rescue (detailed below), we missed the WIN camera crew as well. Just to finish off the media disasters for the day, my satallite phone is not working as it should be and so I also missed a planned radio interview.
On a happier note, we rescued a calf which was stuck in the river with its mother watching helplessly from the bank! We tried to push the calf up the bank, however it was too steep, so we pulled it along the river until we could re-untie it with its mother on a verge that it could climb up with our help. A fantastic feeling when the mother ran towards the calf once it was back on the bank!
We eventually set up camp around 18k's outside Albury and managed to ingnite a fire to cook food on!