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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Unknown road ahead of us
Today we did actually find some fruitpicking work in a small town called Manjimup in Western Australia, only 4500 km away. In about one week we’ll begin our journey but first we have to get some big water containers, two new tires and enjoy our last few days in Melbourne together with our lovely Jen.
More about this in a few days time! However, if you are interested to see the road we’re going, click here for Google maps. As you probably can see on the map, there is a pit stop in a town called Coober Pedy… It’s a special place where people live underground due to the constant heat in the desert. Interesting place to photograph? I would guess so!
Good night to you all and stay happy. Also thanks alot for reading my blog. I really appreciate it.
We can’t always be on top
We have all been there, at least once or twice. At that place where we might have cried, screamed or been upset and felt the river of despair and seen nothing but the unmoving mountain in front of us. Blocking our way. Taunting us. And what can we do about that?
There is really no other option than climbing it and make it to the top from where we can watch down in order to see the progress we’ve done. To see the rough edges we passed and the places where we put up shelter.
It’s important to remember that we can’t always be on top but I bloody am gonna try – and so should you.
Cruising to the beach
Yeah what can I really tell you? We left around lunchtime today to go for a spin with our orange beetle Herman the German and came a bit further than we’d expected! We drove first to Torquay which is famous for its surfing locations. After a walk and chillout on the beach we continued on the Great Ocean Road. It’s a beautiful road with lots of curves and twists which inspires the Colin McRae in me, shouting out “Easy right, hard left, S-bend!” Well, maybe not shouting but you get the drift.
A lot of bends and turns later we arrived in Lorne which seemed like a pretty relaxed place with its beaches, backpackerpeople and nice restaurants. We had the best burgers ever and relaxed, taking in the atmosphere and tasted the salty air.
Being able to drive an old suntanned beetle to the beach, with the windows down and Beach Boys pumping high in the summer, is a pretty good feeling… Must admit that it’s a bit tempting to buy two surfboards and then mount on the roof of Herman to finalize the surflook. What do you think?
And oh by the way, did I mention that summer is finally here? 
Together we’ll make a difference
On the 23rd of May, a couple of days after our arrival to Melbourne, we went to the city centre. By accident we witnessed a big protest against the Sri Lankan army and the systematic abuse of Tamil women. From what I’ve read the army uses “rape as a weapon of war” which makes me understand the serious and harsh faces amongst all the participants.
Fearless and colorful fun
Around two weeks ago I met these wonderful kids, Josh and Cassidy. Both their parents were busy one day so they came and visited their auntie Jen, whom we live with. I actually met them for the first time last year and I must admit that I’m quite fond of them. Their brother Luke, who is not in the photos, is also cute and awesome.
They came to our place early in the morning. Josh brought his laptop and were having a videocall with a friend. Cas sat on Jens computer and played Farmville on Facebook. She also did lots of test on us. For instance Cas determined that if my Jenny would be a Converse-shoe, she would be the blackest of them all.
For lunch we made our now famous swedish pancakes, served with lots of berries, icecream and sugar. Instant death by pancakes, as we call them. When all of us were so full that we could burst, we went to a small playground to loose some of the energy. After that Jen drove us all to the Point Cook Homestead. A beautiful place with old buildings, a café and a beach. Josh and Cas collected shells and ran around poking the dead jellyfish on the beach. They were massive!
Before we, unfortunately, had to return the kids, we stopped at this huge and fun playground! For instance they had a pirate ship and a really long slide that exited from it which gave me lots of actionpics.
All in all, it was a magic day!
While I was waiting
For an hour now I’ve been trying to come up with something poetic regarding the emotions from this picture. Although I have some ideas that I have even written down, none of them seem to fit perfectly. There was a time, around five-six years ago that I could have drawn up a whole world in a matter of minutes. The words, my emotions, they wanted to leave my senses, my heart and soul to get written – in an instant. They were so fast not even my fingers would catch up with them. Except for these occasions when the phone rang, then I could write down what I had in my mind at the same time as I talked.
What I wanted to say in poetry, now just have to be acceptable with my words. That is, while I was waiting for my passion for writing to return, I think it got even more lost. Since it disappeared a few years ago I’ve sat down a few times and been waiting for the right moment to write. It never really came and so I’ve been sitting here with my pen and paper waiting… when what I should have done is to just write! Exercise my mind, go for it, both wild and crazy! Just close my eyes and write whatever comes out although it might be utter rubbish. I would still be writing down some part of my soul even if it at this stage came from the surface of my soul.
Despite the fact I’ve always been interested in photography, it has become more and more profound with these last years and mostly with this last year. It’s a way for me to function with the necessary creativity which is bound in all of us. You yourself might not paint, play music or write poems. I can however guarantee that if you are truly happy, you probably express yourself in some sort of creative way. There are so many ways. One big example people might not think of is cooking. Cooking is art. So is being a great listener. Understanding people, as well as writing poetry or any other of the classic things. Designing a computer game or a new application. That is art. So is enjoying life. Some are born with a natural instinct of seeing the beautiful in life, while others have to try hard. We are all different. We are all better at certain things.
The trick if you want to accomplish something, is to practice every day. Try. Learn. Open your mind. Change your views. Instead of pulling the shower curtain to the left or the right, as you always do, try pulling it the other way. Instead of left, take it to the right. You’ll notice an immediate change in just by changing small things. Then you feel it is a new day and with that comes new opportunities because you are broadening your mind. And if you really want to be better at something, then practice. Practice every single day. Practice as much as you want. That is something I’ve unfortunately been very bad at when it comes to gaining new writing skills. Instead of trying and practicing, I have been waiting for the right moment when I should’ve just grabbed the moment myself by the neck.
If you only wait for new opportunities instead of creating them, then you’ll be in for a long wait. In the end you might be on the brink of dying. And life is just too beautiful for dying. At least if you are only waiting. It’s much more pleasant to die when you live, in some macabre and poetic way.
A rainbow in the night
I tried to upload this post last night, but unfortunately our Internet connection was down so here it goes. The above picture is taken in Rainbow Springs Nature Park which is a stunning place. It was one of the locations we wanted to visit while we were in New Zealand.
We thought it would be alot bigger. We walked around everything in 45-50 minutes during the day and had quite a close look at everything, read the fact signs. All the touristy things. In the night time it took a few more hours, but just because of all the pictures. Had my whole gear included the tripod and remote. Everywhere you turned they had lit up with different kind of lights. We even got to see some kiwi birds by night, though I didn’t take any pictures. They are a bit shy.
Have a lovely nights sleep you people on the other side of the world. I’m just getting up from bed.
