Melbourne woman runs entire length of Yarra River | ABC News

Описание: Melburnians have a complicated relationship with the Yarra River, or the Birrarung as it is traditionally known.

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It is often derided for being brown — although this is because of soil, rather than pollution — and plenty of locals couldn't say exactly where the river starts.

But its upper catchment supplies 70 per cent of Melbourne's drinking water.

Karin Traeger wants us to love the river.

So the chief executive of the non-profit Yarra Riverkeeper Association set out to be the first known person to run the whole length of the river, from its source to the sea.

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