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I have a list of countries I have been to on rateyourmusic.com. Each one has a brief description of when I went, where I went, and a photo that I took. This is the photo I chose for Australia, also the same beach as August for my 2008 in photos (different photo, same beach).
I am lucky enough to have been to Australia twice, and each time I swore I wouldn't go again because the long flights are such a bitch, but how easily these things can be pushed aside and forgotten! Despite two visits and a total of about two months spent there, I have seen relatively little of this vast and varied country. It is about the size of Europe yet the population is just a third of the UK, insane!
I decided three weeks before my written art coursework is due that I should decide on the book and read it. Its on Contemporary Aboriginal Art and includes photos of Australian landscapes complete with descriptions that send a tingle through my body making me want to BE THERE. NOW.
Some photos from that beach, one evening when my Dad and I went for a walk. It was so quiet and peaceful, we didn't see a single other human being, or hear any evidence of them either. We just walked, and looked, and felt the warmth of the sun with the waves as our soundtrack. I love moments like these, where is is suddenly like seeing the world for the first time, remembering how incredible and beautiful everything is. And how wonderful to be somewhere unspoilt by man.
I have always loved beaches, and I know that part of it is the association with hot weather (which I am drawn to like a cold-blooded reptile). I have this facination with the sea, and having been a strong swimmer from a young age, I love the feeling of being far out, treading water and feeling it all around me. It is something so dangerous yet calming and peaceful at the same time. I love gazing out accross the vast blue and wondering where I would end up if I headed in a straight line, or just the feeling of each little wave lapping over my bare toes.
I am lucky enough to have been to Australia twice, and each time I swore I wouldn't go again because the long flights are such a bitch, but how easily these things can be pushed aside and forgotten! Despite two visits and a total of about two months spent there, I have seen relatively little of this vast and varied country. It is about the size of Europe yet the population is just a third of the UK, insane!
I decided three weeks before my written art coursework is due that I should decide on the book and read it. Its on Contemporary Aboriginal Art and includes photos of Australian landscapes complete with descriptions that send a tingle through my body making me want to BE THERE. NOW.
Some photos from that beach, one evening when my Dad and I went for a walk. It was so quiet and peaceful, we didn't see a single other human being, or hear any evidence of them either. We just walked, and looked, and felt the warmth of the sun with the waves as our soundtrack. I love moments like these, where is is suddenly like seeing the world for the first time, remembering how incredible and beautiful everything is. And how wonderful to be somewhere unspoilt by man.
I have always loved beaches, and I know that part of it is the association with hot weather (which I am drawn to like a cold-blooded reptile). I have this facination with the sea, and having been a strong swimmer from a young age, I love the feeling of being far out, treading water and feeling it all around me. It is something so dangerous yet calming and peaceful at the same time. I love gazing out accross the vast blue and wondering where I would end up if I headed in a straight line, or just the feeling of each little wave lapping over my bare toes.