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Thunderstorms And Roadworks

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

Day 111 photo from 3 Sep 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
Thunderstorms And Roadworks: part of the day's stretch toward Port Macquarie.

Some days announced themselves through the weather before anything else.

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

Weather was never background on days like this. It decided layers, breaks, pace, mood, and how much energy I had left at the end.

That was the ordinary machinery underneath the big idea: feet doing their part, crew doing theirs, and the map changing a little by evening.

When the day was done, another 57.9 kilometres were behind me, and the accumulated total sat at 5028 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 111 photo from 3 Sep 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 111, on the stretch toward Port Macquarie.
Day 111 photo from 3 Sep 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 111, on the stretch toward Port Macquarie.
Day 111 photo from 3 Sep 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 111, on the stretch toward Port Macquarie.
Day 111 photo from 3 Sep 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 111, on the stretch toward Port Macquarie.
Day 111 photo from 3 Sep 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 111, on the stretch toward Port Macquarie.
Day 111 photo from 3 Sep 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 111, on the stretch toward Port Macquarie.
Day 111 photo from 3 Sep 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 111, on the stretch toward Port Macquarie.
Day 111 photo from 3 Sep 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 111, on the stretch toward Port Macquarie.

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