Just a quirk word on where the pictures are from the top of the page down and some of which we have not yet come to in the story so far.
No 1 shows one of the many crossings of Lightning Creek
No 2 shows the view north from Wombat range
No 3 The Limestone Creek track near disaster
No 4 Ashly and Max crosss the Murray. This river is the longest in Australia with permanent water flow and nearly crosses a third of the continent. The shot of Max in a Ironman pose on the Sargents Mess is about 10km from the soak were the river starts. This shot is say 30 km downstream from the head.
PS to Matt the Canadian, A little advice from an older man to a young man "Never Blame The Hand That Feeds Ya"