*the following is an entry written while on the Just Transition Tour in November 2009 - sorry it took a while to put up*
"Hello my friends, stalkers and members of the random internet commuynity!
I'm surrently sitting in a beauitful green, leafy park in Musselbrooke.
Why am i here? Well theres a bit more to it than to simply say "im on the Just Transition Tour".
As you may well know by now, having read (or skimmed) my pervious posts, i be a mighty explorer (yaaar)!
I like to travel, and if stuck in the one spot for a while i tend to get uneasy.
I've been living in Newcastle since march, so its been 9 months. Sure ive gone for a road trip here and there but the mundane nature of uni life is taking its toll.
I felt passive, unmotivated and like i was wasting my time.
But - uni has just finished for the year and so i am free again!
...and not a minute too soon.
I'll be honest, i was falling into an easy, comfortable lifestyle which, honestly, didn't push me to "live".
Well, i need to live. now.
I need to live "in" the now.
so... here i am.
The begininning of another adventure, i took of yesterday in the first honest travel adventure i've been on in a while.
No drugs, no money, no idea what to expect.
This is real life.
So yesterday morning i got up at 7am for the first time in a long time, and took off on a tour of coal affected communities in the hunter region.
Yesterday, in one day, i saw more that i have in the past few weeks.
We went to Mami River, Stroud, Singleton and Jerry's Planes visiting each of the coal affected communities from the different areas.
I didn't realise how much i missed my open spaces. The sheer joy that filled my heart upon being amongst green grass and rolling hills was amazing. I feel right here. This is how its meant to be.
So, basically, so far i've been filming what these people have to say, learning heeps, and basking in the beauitful places in which i find myself."
POST SCRIPT: The just transition tour was incredible. I learnt so much about coal in our area, and the negitive effects it has on communities, land, health and people. You can read more about the Just Transition Tour at http://transitiontour.wordpress.com/
Friday, January 1, 2010
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