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The next day the explorers left the horses and supplies at their camp with two members of the group. They began to cut a track through the thick bushland. By evening they had completed just over 8 kilometres of track before returning to the camp.
The following day the explorers walked back over the track and continued to cut their way through the bush, covering only 3 kilometres.No good food for the horses was found, though. The group also began to mark their way by cutting the bark from the trees on each side of the track. By doing this, the way across the mountains could still be found when the bush grew back. The next day, a Sunday, was spent resting and collecting grass for the horses. The grass was tied into bundles ready to be carried with the supplies.
From then on the group would cut a track one day, and the next day lead the horses over the track and make a camp. Then they would cut a new length of track and so on.
Progress was very slow.
