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The Glenrowan Thanks

I moved toward Wangaratta with the day's people, support, and small human moments giving the kilometres their shape.

Day 86 photo from 9 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
The Glenrowan Thanks: part of the day's stretch toward Wangaratta.

Some days were held together by people as much as by walking.

Wangaratta was where we were aiming, but the human bits around it mattered just as much as the distance.

A typical view from the office big shout out to Steve and Amanda of - they donated our fee to the so after I’d finished for the day I popped in to say thank you and they really are fantastically friendly, nice and supportive people.

Thanks guys! big shout out to Steve and Amanda of Glenrowan Tourist and Caravan Park - they donated our fee to the Heart Foundation so after I’d finished for the day I popped in to say thank you and they really are fantastically friendly, nice and supportive people.

The day lived in the small practical rhythm of the crossing: walking, waiting, checking in, eating, charging, sleeping, and setting up the next piece.

That gave me another 56.9 kilometres, and the accumulated total sat at 3882.9 kilometres.

That was the shape of so many HAA days: my feet doing the obvious work, and other people quietly making the impossible parts practical.

Images From The Day

Day 86 photo from 9 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 86, on the stretch toward Wangaratta.
Day 86 photo from 9 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 86, on the stretch toward Wangaratta.
Day 86 photo from 9 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 86, on the stretch toward Wangaratta.
Day 86 photo from 9 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 86, on the stretch toward Wangaratta.
Day 86 photo from 9 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 86, on the stretch toward Wangaratta.
Day 86 photo from 9 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 86, on the stretch toward Wangaratta.
Day 86 photo from 9 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 86, on the stretch toward Wangaratta.
Day 86 photo from 9 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 86, on the stretch toward Wangaratta.

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