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22.01.2022 DOWN UNDER After years of perusing the globe, a vision taking shape, being dashed, tens of thousands of kilometres of travel through freezing deserts, mountains so high they could only be inhabited by gods, solitude, deception and kindness, new awareness of other realms and realities, insecurities and challenges, this young boy eager and scared of the world and life had realised his greatest dream. There I stood on the Australian continent. ... Tears welled up as I grasped what I’d achieved. Alex From Itchy Feet Dreaming - Book price: CAD$4.99, USD$3.50, INR240 https://books2read.com/u/3krXrK Free Sample chapter here https://www.amazon.com/Itchy-Feet-Dreaming-Al//ref=sr_1_1 There I stood on the Australian continent.
22.01.2022 BROOME Broome was the pearl of the north with its melting pot of races; Caucasians, Aborigines, Timorese, Japanese, Koreans, Chinese who had come at different times to try their luck at pearling. Some stayed, leaving progeny behind; some left their bodies in the local cemetery. The architecture, the food, the faces were a testimony to the never-ending migration and exchange of humanity attracted to this harsh environment. It is hard to imagine that the advent of something as ...banal as the plastic button, which replaced mother of pearl in the mid 20th century could be the nail in the coffin for the industry that had driven all these people here. The place looked doomed to die till in the 60s the Japanese who had contributed so much to the pearl industry discovered how to make cultured pearls. This was the shot in the arm that kept Broome on the map to this day. Alex Itchy Feet Dreaming - Free sample. Book price: CAD$4.99, USD$3.50, INR240 https://books2read.com/u/3krXrK Sample chapter here https://www.amazon.com/Itchy-Feet-Dreaming-Al//ref=sr_1_1 Broome - 50 Years on. Images scanned from the colour slide collection of Ilmar Belts, Mechanical and Plant Engineer, M&PE, Derby, 1963-1969.
22.01.2022 KANGAROOS & SPINIFEX At first, through the wheat belt, horizon to horizon nothing but wheat, then low undulations covered in a carpet of flowers in waves of colours till eventually, it turned into patchy grass with scrubby bushes. Gradually rusty red became the dominating colour of the landscape. In places, the eye caught flashes of the intense blue of the ocean crowded with enormous fluffy cumulus clouds; a breathtaking canvas. ...Hitching was easy in the southern reaches, ...mainly farmers going locally. The further north I headed the wait time got longer due to the lack of traffic, but the lifts were for hundreds of kilometres at a time. The drivers, now mainly guys heading to the North West for work in the iron ore mines. All talk was about mining, isolation, boredom and big money. Alex Itchy Feet Dreaming - Free sample. Book price: CAD$4.99, USD$3.50, INR240 https://books2read.com/u/3krXrK Sample chapter here https://www.amazon.com/Itchy-Feet-Dreaming-Al//ref=sr_1_1
21.01.2022 SLEEPING UNDER THE MILKY WAY ...I started sleeping under the stars a little way out of the towns or at truck stops and rest areas. The first night, I did not sleep particularly well; sleeping with one eye open, waking at the slightest sound or movement. By the next night, I was so tired that I just slept regardless. Like all of us, I had slept in the psychological and physical security of a box since birth. ...The starry sky of the southern hemisphere with its dazzling milky ...way from horizon to horizon gave me a sense of belonging, being embraced by something all-encompassing and indescribable. Alex Itchy Feet Dreaming - Free sample. Book price: CAD$4.99, USD$3.50, INR240 https://books2read.com/u/3krXrK Sample chapter here https://www.amazon.com/Itchy-Feet-Dreaming-Al//ref=sr_1_1 The Crux (Southern Cross) constellation.Koodjal Koodjal Djookan By Naskies CC-BY-SA-3.0;
18.01.2022 ISOLATED ...this job required a lot of driving around. All these activities took place in virgin bush; bush meaning a landscape of sparse bushes and low trees. Encounters with kangaroos, emus and possums were common occurrence. I was in heaven! It could not have been more Australian. Within six months I had saved up $1600 and was eager to see more of this country. ...From here my reality was Antarctica 3000 kilometres to the south, Indonesia 3000 kilometres to the north, the... Indian Ocean and Africa 5000 kilometres to the west and 3000 kilometres of Australian deserts and plains to the east. I enjoyed this new exotic awareness but felt incredibly isolated and far from the world. Alex Itchy Feet Dreaming - Free sample. Book price: CAD$4.99, USD$3.50, INR240 https://books2read.com/u/3krXrK Sample chapter here https://www.amazon.com/Itchy-Feet-Dreaming-Al//ref=sr_1_1 Image by Lea Smith https://pixabay.com/users/leausmith-241019/
