Day 795 – Australia – VIC [Winton to Boralma]

13/08/22

43.5km

  From Winton (Victoria) to Boralma (Victoria)

Australia

A long rest followed by a sunny warm run through Glenrowan, Ned Kelly’s town, and Wangaratta

Country life

Following yesterday’s adventure of falling into a freezing river, I felt very tired after the run. I fell asleep at 8pm and woke up at my usual time of 7am. That’s 11 hours of sleep! Needless to say I felt very fresh this morning. The first part of the run entailed running on country roads to Glenrowan, where James had parked the van and was on his bike, sightseeing.

Ned Kelly and I, Glenrowan

What a surprise! I learned all there is to learn about Ned Kelly, the notorious criminal who died in 1880 , sometimes portrayed as a modern Robin Hood, sometimes as a pure villain (he did kill a few cops). The village of Glenrown is all about him, there is a giant statue of his bullet-proof armour, which he was wearing in his last stand-off with the police.

15km past Glenrowan, I hit Wangaratta, a beautiful town, still on the Hume & Hovell exploratory journey track. At the junction of two rivers, I was glad there was no rain overnight and I didn’t have to worry about crossing an overflowing river today!

Glad to cross this one on a bridge! Wangaratta

A little pang of nostalgia hit me as I was checking my social media on a break: my spare-BOB has made its way to Ljubiana and Mark Shuttleworth (@Globalrunmark on Instagram and Strava) the British man who has started his own world-run. And today he posted a few pictures of his crossing of Slovenia and entry into Croatia. The picture of BoB in front of the “Republika Hrvatska” sign looks exactly the same as the one I took a little over 2 years ago..! I miss my good old BoB…

Enjoy the video of today’s run: https://www.relive.cc/view/vQvxnXnxyB6

Check my daily run GPS data on or

Here is the map of today’s run: