Yesterday I flew from Sydney to Darwin, my first visit to the Northern Territory. I had a window seat and the sky was mostly clear, and I was able to have a good look at the interior.
During the first half hour, I could see places which I travelled through on my lengthy regular commute from the Blue Mountains. Strathfield, Parramatta, Penrith. I also glimpsed towns of the lower Blue Mountains looking beautiful in the morning sun. I wasn’t able to see my current home of Wentworth Falls, but became captivated by the Grose Valley and the Gardens of Stone - definitely a place I’ll need to visit.
Then I became lost in my book and an hour later I looked up and saw rural Australia fading into outback Australia. No towns, only the occasional road and fence. Every so often a tiny square building - a cattle station? The countryside was flat and dry. There were some trees, but not forests. The main features punctuating the land were dried up rivers and lakes.
There really was nothing out there.
There was a time in my life when I had numerous flights over the USA. That was a very different experience. For one thing, although there were arid places where the farms seemed to dwindle and become fewer, they never really stopped, except in some places in the Rocky Mountains -- which was the other big difference.
I want to make it clear, that the interior of Australia seemed emptier is not a bad thing. Actually, seeing all that emptiness was a profound experience. I wouldn’t want it to be any different.
It’s been almost 3 months since I met L and my life changed. Sad to say, my blogging and writing has been one of the things which has suffered during this time. But I will not blame that on L, there have been other reasons for this. But in general I only have time for so many big things in my life, it’s basically a trinity. Before I didn’t have a relationship, so my life basically consisted of work, recreation and blogging. Now things are closer to this: work, relationship, recreation.
It will be interesting during this month when L is away travelling in the USA and Europe. It is an opportunity to reset things, get back into the habit of blogging, so that when she returns, I’ll continue blogging - which will probably mean less gaming, which is ok.
I should ask myself why this happened. Blogging is more work than reading or playing computer games, but it’s not as draining as work, and I do feel good about it afterwards. I should remember this. Then there have been other disruptive things, such as moving house and different role at work, which have made it difficult for me to blog lately.
One of the characteristics of my blogging is that is that it is prone to prolonged droughts. That said, every so often the conditions are right and I do blog more actively. I am reminded of the dry riverbeds I saw on my flight over central Australia. Most of the time they look quite dead, but when there’s rain, they are full of life.
During the first half hour, I could see places which I travelled through on my lengthy regular commute from the Blue Mountains. Strathfield, Parramatta, Penrith. I also glimpsed towns of the lower Blue Mountains looking beautiful in the morning sun. I wasn’t able to see my current home of Wentworth Falls, but became captivated by the Grose Valley and the Gardens of Stone - definitely a place I’ll need to visit.
Then I became lost in my book and an hour later I looked up and saw rural Australia fading into outback Australia. No towns, only the occasional road and fence. Every so often a tiny square building - a cattle station? The countryside was flat and dry. There were some trees, but not forests. The main features punctuating the land were dried up rivers and lakes.
There really was nothing out there.
There was a time in my life when I had numerous flights over the USA. That was a very different experience. For one thing, although there were arid places where the farms seemed to dwindle and become fewer, they never really stopped, except in some places in the Rocky Mountains -- which was the other big difference.
I want to make it clear, that the interior of Australia seemed emptier is not a bad thing. Actually, seeing all that emptiness was a profound experience. I wouldn’t want it to be any different.
It’s been almost 3 months since I met L and my life changed. Sad to say, my blogging and writing has been one of the things which has suffered during this time. But I will not blame that on L, there have been other reasons for this. But in general I only have time for so many big things in my life, it’s basically a trinity. Before I didn’t have a relationship, so my life basically consisted of work, recreation and blogging. Now things are closer to this: work, relationship, recreation.
It will be interesting during this month when L is away travelling in the USA and Europe. It is an opportunity to reset things, get back into the habit of blogging, so that when she returns, I’ll continue blogging - which will probably mean less gaming, which is ok.
I should ask myself why this happened. Blogging is more work than reading or playing computer games, but it’s not as draining as work, and I do feel good about it afterwards. I should remember this. Then there have been other disruptive things, such as moving house and different role at work, which have made it difficult for me to blog lately.
One of the characteristics of my blogging is that is that it is prone to prolonged droughts. That said, every so often the conditions are right and I do blog more actively. I am reminded of the dry riverbeds I saw on my flight over central Australia. Most of the time they look quite dead, but when there’s rain, they are full of life.