I have just spent the week-end walking
And walking
And walking
And a little bit of swimming in rock pools
It is my husbands idea of hell
So he didn’t come
Which is great because it gave me a whole heap of headspace
Which I filled up in my usual way
Though I did try to empty it
I saw ten different species of butterflies
A dozen different types of dragonflies
Endless other assorted bugs
…obviously not an entomologist
Three different types or at least colours of goanna
Three or four different types of macropods (kangaroos and wallabies) one that was so quiet I almost tripped over him – as I write this there are a family sneaking up on my camp from the shrubbery
And a whole spectrum of bird life that chatted and called from the abundance of trees that I passed beneath
Mother Nature is alive and thriving
I crossed the creek several times – it was gushing and alive with platypus and turtles and fish
Sounds like heaven?
It was
Bloody amazing
The aboriginals believe Carnarvon Gorge to be a place of healing
I walked for 22km this morning and hardly saw another person
The only noise was the trees breathing, the creek trickling and the birds
Instead of getting exhausted I became happier and happier and by the time I hit the car park again on my way to the rock pools for a swim, I may have been whistling loudly
Or it could have been the young man bun guy who was just getting out of his car
“Beautiful day isn’t it?” We both said at the same time and grinned
I was the weirdo who had been up since 4.30am and done the entire trail by 11.30..he was just getting started
Whichever
Whatever
Doesn’t matter what sort of a person you are
Walking in thriving nature heals our senses
Our cells
Our belief that perhaps we haven’t completely stuffed this amazing planet we call home
I don’t know who the spirit is who governs Australia
But I know she is a warrior
And she is strong
She will burn us
Flood us
And heat the hell out of us if we mess up
She’ll bring a cyclone one minute
Bushfires the next
And shake us off like fleas
If we misbehave
She’s okay – more than that – she is thriving
And my God she is gorgeous!
I love this post so much. Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure Jan such a beautiful week-end.
Wonderful video and post.
Thanks 😊 just an awesome week-end and restored my faith that nature is, at least in some places, thriving and well and it makes us feel the same way when we witness it.
Wow, that was great! She is beautiful, that’s for sure.
Stunning Lynn just stunning so enjoyable – difficult to fold myself back into an office chair again
Mother Nature is a glorious wonder and it warms my heart to see all of her beauty thriving. Beautiful post Kate, thank you for sharing 😊
She’s just biding her time until we do ourselves in, really.
Lazy yet sure to work at the rate we are going