I’ve learned that there is always another wave coming*
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Diogo N., Windang Island, 2011.
*“I’ve learned that there is always another wave coming. Translated that means there is always tomorrow. No matter how badly you get caught inside, if you can just hang in there and keep paddling, the set is going to pass and there will be a lull afterwards. So don’t give up, just take your pounding, wait until the set passes, then make your move.”
— Gerry Lopez
“Blood /n./ substance commonly used to mark a climbing route”
I wish it would be less fuzzy but that's what you get when you belay with one hand and take photos with the other...
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Alan G., Blue Mountains, 2011.
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf*
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Diogo N., Palm Beach, 2011.
*Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
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"There I felt really connected with nature around me [...] so I went for the tree pose"
Diogo N., Blue Mountains, 2011.
*Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports … all others are games*
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Marek, Blue Mountains, 2011.
*Ernest Hemingway
If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning*
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*Simon Cowell (American Idol)
I have seen the light. But it is slowly dying inside.
50m+ underground, Tarlee Station, NT (Glen Saunders)
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I am slowly turning into a buckle bunny
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My first day as a jillaroo…
Well.... When I said that I was not going to update this space very often due to poor access to internet connection, I did not know how much I was going to be right about it!
I am leaving this morning for my first day at work on a cattle station.
Yes, my first experience as a jillaroo !!
Well yes, I see you coming here, maybe I have watched "Australia" too many times (is three times too many?)
But it is not going to be as glamorous as Nicole Kidman would like me to believe, riding horses in the sunset in stunning landscapes (although I am in the same area where the film is supposed to take place)
There will be probably more of de-horning, de-sexing, shots, marking and running in the yards involved, although I will make sure I wear the appropriate jeans, checkered shirt, leather hat and boots (I now understand much better the concept of "boot cut").
Anyway I will let you know as soon as possible :-)
And who knows, maybe I will meet my personal Hugh Jackman there...
Or I will be back in a week crying for my mother and begging to wear a business suit again.
