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#TheMoment an Aussie walking the length of Earth arrived in Canada

#TheMoment an Aussie walking the length of Earth arrived in Canada

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Lucy Barnard, an Australian woman attempting to walk the length of the Earth with her dog Wombat, tells The National about the moment she arrived in Waterton Park, Alta., eight years after beginning her adventure.
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