Amy's diary entry 10

Walking into the Wallabadah pub, everyone knew who we were and the drinks were waiting for us..

I asked a local if we could say hi to the pigs in his ute out the front. They were so cute - the one with the straight tail was a bit shy (I would be too) but the other two couldn't have been more excited to see us, oinking away as they do. I asked the bloke (after convincing the others that they must be his pets) how long they would live and really wished I hadn't. 17 mins left.

After Brian successfully stabbed himself in his leg trying to sit at the table and hold his knife and fork at the same time, we sat down to dinner - pork chops and spare ribs. Hmmmm. At least there was plenty of salad.

I have been practicing my yodelling for the Rex Dallas Stretch Walker performance at the Wallabadah pub on Saturday. It should be a cracker of a day - I predict Rex will ask me to record a CD with him as it really would be a top seller.

Now that the team was shown how honey gets made we all think we're experts. Never mind the bee stings - the Walk With a Rose professional honey makers are a tough lot.

I now know the trick to getting a cow to lick your hand. And nearly eat if off. What you have to do is: not wash your hands after making honey, slowly approach one by softly yodelling, then when it hasn't run away and is actually staring longingly at your hands, realise that it has smelt the honey is really hungry.

We are now in the upper Hunter Valley. It took over an hour to walk past the Emerates horse stud yesterday - it was huge. We have walked over the last of the Great Dividing Range (thanks be to God) and the road ahead looks pretty flat. More and more people are pulling over every day to donate money or buy a t shirt. Most people feel sorry for us and offer lifts - even if they know about the walk!