Day 3
Day Three
Today I hung around at a friends place in Hornsby for a few hours, catching up after a year. Then I drove down to Campbelltown (Minto actually but) and visited some relatives (one of who has kindly donated internet time).
Yes, I know day three should have started with me leaving South West Rocks, but Day two did not quite go as expected. It was pissing down rain on and off all day yesterday. At about 4 in the arv', during a break in the rain, I decided to get most of my stuff into the car, in case it was raining this morning. Then it rained some more. And stopped. And rained.
And, I hate to admit it, but my fix with the tent was causing problems. Because the two bits of metal were just tied together with string, they moved around everywhere. Which meant the tent moved around everywhere. And flapped, and leaked and...
During a break in the rain at about 7pm I decided that 'd had enough and packed up. By 8pm I was on the road heading for Sydney. There were more of the signed speed cameras. There was not a lot of traffic. There was rain and stars and open road. It was actually a great drive.
When I hit the New Castle Freeway it got a bit surreal. The road is divided with trees lining the median strip most of the way. At one point I went for about 10 minutes without seeing another vehicle. Three and four lanes of road all to myself. And late at night around midnight, mist started gathering in the gullies. I dipped down into it every few km. And cars coming the other way lit it up very eerily.
I got into Hornsby early in the morning and stayed at my friend's place. I don't see her as often as I should.
So, in review... Days 2 and 3, Exposed about two rolls of film in the morning at South West Rocks. Sat around in the rain for a while. Worked on a few chapters of my novel. Packed up. Drove to Sydney. Then today hung around with friends and relatives.
The highlight... The drive down last night-- Music, open road, rain and mist. Totally alone (except for a car filled with hastily packed crap). Flying along at 110km/h has never been so peaceful.
Wonderful.
Photography and relatives were good too, of course.
And I did kinda see some whales in SWR. Kinda. They were a few miles away and all I really saw was the spray, but I did get a photo.
Today I hung around at a friends place in Hornsby for a few hours, catching up after a year. Then I drove down to Campbelltown (Minto actually but) and visited some relatives (one of who has kindly donated internet time).
Yes, I know day three should have started with me leaving South West Rocks, but Day two did not quite go as expected. It was pissing down rain on and off all day yesterday. At about 4 in the arv', during a break in the rain, I decided to get most of my stuff into the car, in case it was raining this morning. Then it rained some more. And stopped. And rained.
And, I hate to admit it, but my fix with the tent was causing problems. Because the two bits of metal were just tied together with string, they moved around everywhere. Which meant the tent moved around everywhere. And flapped, and leaked and...
During a break in the rain at about 7pm I decided that 'd had enough and packed up. By 8pm I was on the road heading for Sydney. There were more of the signed speed cameras. There was not a lot of traffic. There was rain and stars and open road. It was actually a great drive.
When I hit the New Castle Freeway it got a bit surreal. The road is divided with trees lining the median strip most of the way. At one point I went for about 10 minutes without seeing another vehicle. Three and four lanes of road all to myself. And late at night around midnight, mist started gathering in the gullies. I dipped down into it every few km. And cars coming the other way lit it up very eerily.
I got into Hornsby early in the morning and stayed at my friend's place. I don't see her as often as I should.
So, in review... Days 2 and 3, Exposed about two rolls of film in the morning at South West Rocks. Sat around in the rain for a while. Worked on a few chapters of my novel. Packed up. Drove to Sydney. Then today hung around with friends and relatives.
The highlight... The drive down last night-- Music, open road, rain and mist. Totally alone (except for a car filled with hastily packed crap). Flying along at 110km/h has never been so peaceful.
Wonderful.
Photography and relatives were good too, of course.
And I did kinda see some whales in SWR. Kinda. They were a few miles away and all I really saw was the spray, but I did get a photo.
1 Comments:
At 10:35 am,
Heather said…
That's what my drives home from Brissy in the early am are like...
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