Went to the Desert Park yesterday. Really nice and relaxing place. Got an idea for journal writing. Short little notes for every day rather than my long detailed notes. Hopefully will get more entires, more memories. Trying to capture it all is impossible. More blog-like, I guess.
Desert Park very relaxing place. Walked and walked and walked. Learned a lot about aboriginal culture… bush foods, walkabouts, language, family, etc. birds of prey show also good with birds flying about on cue.
Last full day in Alice today. Funny place. Don’t know whether I like it or not. Don’t feel compelled to stay. Want to get up north now. Dow we do tourist stuff or city stuff? That is the dilemma today. Maybe a bit of both.
Starting to become more aware of energy levels. Both Sean and I noticed how energy drained we felt after a few hours of shopping in target and kmart on Monday. I guess we’re not used to that whole onslaught on our senses and desires. We really have gotten used to living with what we have which we realise is extremely luxurious compared to many others. Relativity is the key, I guess. When in a city we feel like we don’t have enough. Thanks to being exposed to marketing mostly. But in the bush we feel like we have too much. We feel over indulgent. Life doesn’t need to be as complex as we humans have made it. We really don’t need much but we’ve been programmed to believe otherwise and if you believe in that crap, it leads to a very unhappy, unreal (as in false) life. I only hope I can retain this perspective once we settle back into urban life. I think maybe meditation might be a good way of maintaining objectivity and mindfulness. One of the goals of the treip for me is to get into a routine with fitness, meditation and reiki. Not doing too well at the moment… but can only keep trying.
Fitness. Have dropped it all and am starting to pile it on again. Clothes getting tighter. Damn it! Gotta get back into it again. Hardest part is starting again. If I don’t do it now when my time is my own, what hope do I have when it’s not so free. Need a goal again. That’s what’s missing. Must find a fun run to do and start training for it. Missing my training partner too. A little competition and encouragement makes all the difference.
Another thing I’ve noticed is the difference between how people relate in a caravan park vs. bush camping. The fewer the people, the more they communicate and share. We haven’t met any of our neighbours here in Alice but we always talk to others in rest areas or national park campgrounds. It reflects the sense of community in a city versus the country. The more people around, the lonelier and more isolated people are emotionally. Interesting that this is also reflected in our little microcosm of camping and travelling.
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