Day 727 – Australia – WA [Mundrabilla (113k west) to Mundrabilla (72k west)]

06/06/22

41km

  From Mundrabilla (113km west) (Western Australia) to Mundrabilla (72km west) (Western Australia)

Australia

Almost a straight line run on the Eyre highway, many kangaroos skeletons, eagles and wombats

That’s a pretty straight road!

Running along the Roe Plains today. What a difference it makes to have some elevation in my sight! Left side of the road are the “buffs” or cliffs which extend not too high, but enough to provide a break in the line of sight. Whilst to my right, the plains extend to as far as the eye can see, all the way to the ocean.

The Roe Plains

I have mentioned earlier that I send a little prayer, a short one, for every dead animal I see (or smell) on the roadside. Well today, if I had been doing just that, it would have been non-stop and I would have had to to take breaks to look around and send one for every bright white skeleton I saw. There was not a single stretch of 10m where I did not spot a skeleton. Mostly kangaroos. Sometimes birds, eagles. And today for the first time a wombat. It’s a sad sight. They have so much wild plains to roam free on… and of course there is this one road in the middle.

Running in the wilderness

The weather was much better today. Still on the cold side. I only experienced two drizzle episodes. Other than that the skies were blue and the temperatures were reasonably warm. It’s not long to go till we reach Eucla, the only town in the crossing of the Nullarbor!

Enjoy the video of today’s run:

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Here is the map of today’s run: