its a new year, and im happy to say that once again - i'm in a new place.
i was hoping that the new year would bring me lots of adventures, but so far its been more than i ever could have hoped or dreamed.
I met amelia through CS and she came and stayed at our place for a couple of days. i had been hoping that the universe would provide a travel partner, and lucky enough it did. we ended up heading down the coast and for the past week have been having an incredible time. Our hitching adventures have been great, and we've had a lot of good fortune in the amazing souls who have picked us up.
On tuesday we got a ride from American Jack, and being from the same state in the US as Amelia, he was super nice and put us onto some people we may have be able to stay with in Jervis Bay. Well, from that small, random encounter, we ended up spending a good 4 days in a granny flat, behind the house of an artistic muso family. They fed us, lent us their kayaks, gave us info on the area and were more kind and helpful than we could have hoped.
The night before we left we had dinner with their family and another couple, and luckily enough stumbled upon a treasure trove on info on the south coast. We were put onto a place called Tilba, so began hitching that way yesterday.
After a pretty slow day of getting rides, we got picked up by two guys from Bermagui, so we went with fate and have ended up camping in their garden. its been amazing, 'cause we've gone from a beautiful place in Jervis Bay, to another beautiful place.
Right now im listening to bell birds, in a small wooden cottage surrounded by trees, just up from an amazing little river in which we've seen sting rays, fishies, crabs and an octopus.
Last night we went swimming in the river and i was pretty fucking amazed to see light sparkling through the water. Apparently its phosphorus, but whatever it was it looked fucking incredible and has one of the most amazing things i have ever seen in my entire life!
its been a pretty cool adventure, and i've been writing down little entires which i will upload at some stage.
the next stop is Bega, i think. But... we'll see what happens :-)
- louisa
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
"Back on the road"
*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/
"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/
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