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What a privilege...

What a privilege to walk a section of the Ultra Walk to join Chris Edwards, Zoe Walsh and Terry Down along their 83.3km journey across Melbourne today.

My 20km from Frankston to Mentone was nothing compared to the full ultra walkers and for the millions of people world wide that have to walk kilometres a day for water.

The day started well with perfect conditions as we took off from South East Water at 8am and walked along Port Phillip Bay, with the water glistening, the sea breeze helping to keep us cool as the day heated up.

Iced lattes and icypoles helped to keep us cool as the sun cranked up the heat. For me, my journey finished at Mundy Street car park in Mentone, but for the others, they continued on the trek towards Melbourne Water in the Docklands, with the incentive of a pitstop in Blackrock for lunch and plenty of icypoles, water and sugar hits along the way.

Good luck Team Ultra!!!

Why I'm walking, running & riding for water this October!

696 million people in the world – almost one in ten – do not have clean water close to home. Every day, women and children walk long distances to collect and carry water for their families. Girls and boys often begin collecting water as children and girls continue to collect and carry water throughout their lives. Many girls spend hours each day collecting water, which can cause them to miss time at school. And not only that, sometimes the water they are forced to collect is dirty, carrying water borne diseases and leading to sickness in their community.

This is why we need your help – we are asking you to walk for water, so that they don’t have to.

By walking, running or riding for five days, you can raise awareness and funds so people around the world can access clean water for the first time.

Please donate to my fundraising page to contribute to WaterAid's amazing work. For just $50, WaterAid could buy water system tools to provide a rural community with clean water.

The more people that know about WaterAid, the more we can achieve together.

Please spread the word by sharing my fundraising page with your friends and family. Thank you in advance for your generosity, it means a lot!

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