How muddy is the Dusky? Pretty damn muddy. Here's a video clip of a small mud pit, of which there are literally hundreds. I say it's small in that it is relatively short and isn't that deep (only mid-calf) or so. My definition of deep is when it reaches your knees. I've been in mud, on occasion, in which my very short running shorts got muddy, so almost waist deep. Luckily the mud was pretty soupy so it wasn't hard to get out of (or get into for that matter :-). As mentioned, this mud pit was an easy one. If it was one of the hard ones, I wouldn't have been filming it as I tramped through it. It is deep enough that most people that have seen this video have remarked that they were glad it wasn't them in it.

This picture below shows a very typical view of the track. There are places that look like this which have water on top of them or others where the mud stretches as far as the eye can see. Though on the Dusky, "as far as the eye can see" might not be that far as the track meanders all over and the bush is so thick that your sightlines are often quite short. Approaching this mud pit, you really can't have any idea how deep it is. It could be mid-calf or well above the knees. There is a footprint, but that footprint can be days old. You really don't know for sure but experience tells me that it isn't ankle-deep. Sometimes when crossing, you look for branches in the mud to support your weight. Trying to go around the muddy area damages the track and vegetation and makes the muddy area that much bigger, but even then, sometimes I still go around it. Shame on me.