Day 777 – Australia – VIC [Mitre to Horsham]

26/07/22

44km

  From Mitre (Victoria) to Horsham (Victoria)

Australia

Running with a supporting wind, past Mt Arapiles, all the way to Horsham – and a possum!

Mount Arapiles

The start of the run was spectacular, with Mt Arapiles and Mitre Rock in view. They are rock formations very famous with rockclimbers, one of the prime locations for rock climbers in Australia. It doesn’t stand very tall, maybe less than 150m tall, but it does seem to have quite a variety of routes and technical levels.

Meet the Victorian brushtail possum

I then ran through Natimuk, another charming little village dating back 1874. On my way out of the village, it was all fields and flocks of sheep, left and right. Suddenly I catch something in the corner of my eye which looks like a cat. I stop running and move slowly towards it. The wind was so strong the animal did not see or hear me. I came very close. I realised it was not a cat: a possum! The emblematic animal of the State of Victoria! I took my camera out and made myself heard. He turned around and gave me a hand gesture, like a wave, that was very cute. I stayed a while observing and filming it, as it did not go away too far. A lovely encounter.

On the way to Horsham

I finished my run at the entry of Horsham. It looks like a very nice middle-size town and I am glad I have an upcoming rest-day to enjoy and visit. And today is exactly 5 weeks to my arrival in Sydney. Before that I have my running into Melbourne (in 10 days) to look forward to – and it seems I can (again) count on the French Consulate to organise things in style!

Oh and today I run past the 27,000th kilometer of the journey 🙂

Enjoy the video of today’s run: https://www.relive.cc/view/vevWQ9kddG6

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Here is the map of today’s run: