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North From Sydney

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

Day 108 photo from 31 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
North From Sydney: part of the day's stretch toward the next stop.

The closer we got to familiar names on the map, the stranger the scale of the whole thing felt.

the next stop was where we were aiming, but the bigger feeling was that another distant name was becoming real under my feet.

August is now done, the next day we get to Brisbane “this month”, and the numbers on those road signs are going to come down quickly…

The support around me was part of the day, even when the story looked simple from the outside.

The shape was familiar by now: move, check in, eat, reset, move again, then hand the finish point over to the next day’s plan.

By the time I stopped, 58.8 kilometres had been added to the crossing, and the accumulated total sat at 4852.3 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 108 photo from 31 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 108, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 108 photo from 31 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 108, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 108 photo from 31 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 108, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 108 photo from 31 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 108, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 108 photo from 31 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 108, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 108 photo from 31 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 108, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 108 photo from 31 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 108, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 108 photo from 31 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 108, on the stretch toward the next stop.

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