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Forgotten Places
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Forgotten Places I have forgotten the wonderful joys of some of my earlier days. I may never have left this country, and may never have been to the barren places, however I have visited some of the best places in Australia. For me those places were usually high, often with wonderful winds, or as some would say, breezes, only I do love a touch of wind on my cheeks. I also have a love of the ocean, and unlike others, I definitely have my favourite ocean locations, which I have never discussed, very uncivilised places. I used to love climbing this or that mountain, and here we don't have any real mountains, so no australian mountain was ever going to be too great an obstacle when it came to the height. There were so many trees, plants of all sorts of shapes and sizes along the way, and I always loved the green of vegetation. That seems to have faded, as world pollution kills our wild areas off. Sometimes there would be a surprise along the way, of some plant in flower, with really differently shaped flowers. Our grevillea species tend to all have some kind of bottle brush shape. Their brilliant colours were always a treat. A lot of the plants we cherished in my childhood just don't seem to be around anymore. It's really strange, things like the waratah, you just don't see them! Along the path I was on, there were often<b> damp </font></b>places, rocks, outcrops of some kind, sometimes a recess, a bit like a cave, and even though back then I didn't realise it, there were caves, only I was too young and without resources to go there. Today, I'd realise that was a cave, and even so, I might not go there, as I have visited caves, and know the risks. Depending on where I was, the undergrowth could be quite impassable, or elsewhere easily navigated. This country is definitely a country of great contrasts, and that was the thing I loved most. I'd go to one place, and find this. I'd go elsewhere and find something completely different. There were surprises everywhere I went. In the area where I have spent a large piece of my life, which is New South Wales around the Sydney, Canberra and south coast triangle, there are a lot of sudden changes in landscape, so when I was in South Australia, it was quite different to find rolling hills, and vast flat areas. Each had its' own attractions and special points. I found the Adelaide foothills incredibly soft to look at, and delightful for that reason. Over here, I just love the jagged rocky outcrops, the heights, the views of the depths, the thick growth in bushy areas, and unlike what I hear of overseas, the somewhat lack of animal life, as in low risk. I am very aware of the existence of snakes here, only I am very lucky to have never seen one that I remember in the wild yet. I did find one at the age of something like two, and have no memory of that at all. Wow, I just realised why I often dreamt of snakes as a , knowing exactly what they were! LOL. The things we discover just when we least expect it. For me, my love of the bush will never fade, always being just there at my surface, not even below it, right there. I always loved walking and wandering out there. I don't know how others deal with it. I was always aware that I had to be prepared for my excursion, and in any unknown area, would always be dressed suitably and take supplies as I felt appropriate for the excursion I was on. It's all just a part of me as natural as eating. To not have been out there for many years now is absolutely amazing, as it's me to go there, not to stay home. Just I also know that only silly people go out there alone, and I haven't had people to go with, which does raise another subject, doesn't she have any friends??? I will write about that soon. It's really lovely to revisit my memories of wild places, which never felt very wild at all to me, and just my love of all those outdoor things. I will find a way to just get out there again, safely. |
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