Friday 6 August 2021; 37.9km paddling
Another beautiful but chilly morning followed by nearly 40km of lovely, leisurely paddling chasing flocks of ducks and pelicans down the river. More goats staring from the banks and 6 pigs running off into the scrub. We regularly sent isolated or pairs of wallabies and grey kangaroos madly hopping away.
Three guys fishing, without any luck, up near Stony Point were the first humans we had seen since leaving Brewarrina.
Hanging in there 
Wallaby Ted
There was less wind than the previous few days. The day started off with high cloud, then fluffy cumulus but clear skies by lunch and for the rest of the day. Towards the end of the day the river character changed, with the high, muddy, tree-lined banks being replaced by low grassy paddocks and rocky banks. Late in the day we attempted a short-cut that ran between low rocky outcrops (at 176km from Brewarrina) that had a small amount of water flowing into it. However, the shallow water trickling over rocky outcrops would have required us to get out and line the canoe down, so we paddled back out and took the long way around. We set up day 5 camp on the opposite bank to the outflow of this almost short-cut, at the 178km mark.
There was no more fresh meat, Ted had failed to catch any fish, yabbies, ducks or goats, so it was bushwalking lentils, rice and fried onion for dinner.
Black-shouldered Kite 
Duck family
Birds: Black-shouldered Kite, Yellow-billed Spoonbill, Royal Spoonbill, and the usual ducks and pelicans
