My time in Australia is coming to an end.. I can feel it, and that scares me.
I have lived so many good memories here. So many heartaches, so many moments rising over loneliness, rising over fear and experiencing things extraordinary to any past reality. I have learnt soooo much, and met SO many beautiful people. It has been inspiring beyond belief, it has changed me way more than I ever expected, and probably way more than I realize yet.
It is sad to leave this behind. I really don't want to. But if I don't let this go I won't make room for the new. Life is ever changing. I am scared I will never come back to this place of beauty. To this land, with these trees, these birds, this soil.. To this country with their people. I have had the company of many like minded backpackers through my adventures, they have been my family, kept me strong. I have had the privilege to meet the locals, my oh my such special people, inspiring and different; they glanced upon this strange human (me) up and down and asked "what are you?" haha, jokes aside. They opened their homes to me, shared their food, their stories, their love. They nurtured me; they included me in their communities. I don't know if I ever proved my gratitude enough, but meeting the locals was by far one of the best parts of my 'Stralian experience.
I will come back, I have to believe so or else I will barely have the courage to leave.
I will come back. Cause I barely saw Australia, did I? I didn't yet see Alice Springs, Darwin or The Kimberley. I didn't yet go walkabout. I didn't yet stay with an aborigine community. I saw the East, and something tells me that was the Australia for beginners ;) - I'll call it Part 1..
I have to come back. I promised myself.
Just have to touch base again, for a short while. Just have to touch base and see my family. See the friends I left behind. Share my story and remember where I came from. Even though the world gets smaller and smaller the more you travel; it also grows bigger at the speed of light when you realize that there's too many places and too little time...
Oh gypsie heart... you are so wild :) You've got yourself a taste of the sweet, the free.
I want to finish this post with a metaphor;
It is part of the Australian bush ecology to rely on bush fires as a means of reproduction. And fire events are an interwoven and essential part of the ecology of the continent. The Australian bush ecosystem has evolved with fire as a necessary contributor to habitat, vitality and renewal. Many plant species in naturally fire-affected environments require fire to germinate, establish or reproduce. For thousands of years, Indigenous Australians have used fire to foster grasslands for hunting and to clear tracks through dense bush.
And so, while my fire is burning, I leave. I'll rest in ashes so one day I can come back with vitality.
I am so very grateful Australia.
Thank you.
Thank you!
Thank
You.
I love you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0KBWwgZi2A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouVDCogggKI
and finnish with a classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYJf_ybyVo
Peace!
