The day began ominously overcast as our walk group tried to shake off that lingering shame of having been treated as convicted felons the previous evening. (See the separate blog entry for commentary and photos of the Gladstone Gaol dinner)
But worse was yet to come. Our senses were shocked and our disbelief was evident as the following extraordinary events unfolded. One grisly sentence, handed down the previous evening, was held over to be carried out in the presence of the walk group this morning.
At precisely 8.00am, a masked executioner brought forth the gallows. Under the grey morning sky, the hushed crowd witnessed harsh justice, swiftly and mercilessly wrought upon the unfortunate prisoner, Morris Minus.
The full extent of the law had been implacably applied to the prisoner, but miraculously, Morris Minus appeared no different than before. We soon recovered our senses and went about the business of the day. Cathy Kelly was awarded care of Morris Minus.
We walked about 25km on the day, mostly in overcast but fine conditions. The many and varied country landscapes were enjoyed by all.
A grim reminder of the events of the morning.
Not so enjoyable were the dust, grass seeds and flies. Did I mention the flies….? Check the passengers in some of these photos.
We had a very relaxed lunch in the grass by a dam.
Several hours after lunch, the Bundaleer Forest appeared and after a long re-route of about 9 km, our walk was finished.
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