It was a serious ‘raincoat on and off’ kind of day. The wind made certain I stayed wet when it blew the water off the leaves and branches. For most of the morning, on essentially a very long descent, I’d walk in my merino woollen top. As soon as it started to dry on my body, a fresh shower stimulated its wetness

Because of the rains, the bush, the scrub, and the tracks, were mostly wet. Geert therefore sketched primarily from the dry comfort of the shelters on the Bib. There would always be a large table where hecould cook, sketch and write. Some of these tables placed outside the shelters in the often marvellous tent sites, and most shelters also had two rainwater tanks.