Day 782 – Australia – VIC [Ballyrogan to Lake Goldsmith]

31/07/22

43km

  From Ballyrogan (Victoria) to Lake Goldsmith (Victoria)

Australia

Battered by the northerly wind, cold, grey and a finish in the rain – splendid!

Windy but beautiful morning in Victoria

Not all days can be warm and blue skies. Well, today proved just that! The wind started to pick up at night, woke me up a few times – and it was full speed this morning. A northerly wind. Good thing about the northerly wind is that for one, it was not a head wind. It came from my side all day, pushing me to the right side of the road like a rag doll at times. Glad I don’t have my stroller anymore! It was also a “warmer” wind (all things relative) – which means 10 Celsius throughout the day, a bonus.

Foxes on display

Yesterday in my report I mentioned being upset by the sight of 9 dead foxes left to rot on a bridge – nearby a sheep farm. Today, I found another 7 or 8 dead ones, displayed again to rot just outside another sheep farm. I did some research. Turns out foxes are quite a pest and a real nuisance to the sheep. Some farmers have a few alpacas (1 alpaca for 20 ha apparently) to guard the sheep from the foxes. But some others probably think the display of dead foxes will deter the animal from roaming the area. I’d choose the Alpaca method anytime.

Then the rain came down on me!

Today’s run was all on dust roads and country roads, I’m quite happy this way, not having to care about cars and trucks. I ran past a few wind farms and the only living company I found was that of sheep. James spent the day in the van, nursing a cold. Sure hope I won’t catch it from him. Which made me realise: in these 2 ½ years the world-run has been going, I haven’t caught anything, obviously not Covid, but not even a cold. Touch wood! (*and I think it’s fair to say that 1 marathon a day keeps the doctor away!).

Enjoy the video of today’s run: https://www.relive.cc/view/vQvyn3JmL4O

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Here is the map of today’s run: