At the Mount Nebo Outlook

Defender Driver Side,
originally uploaded by BrisbaneBryce.

I discovered an absolutely amazing place today, as I was taking the ute out for a ride. I drove through the Brisbane National Forest and for the first time in I can't remember how long, I was surrounded by nature. The insect noises were deafening. I'm not sure if they were cicadas, but it was definitely the same family. The sounds came in waves up the hillside, passing over me and down the other side. Crescendo, decrescendo. I wept, and thought to myself, "at last, silence." And realized, it was hardly silent; rather, it was the absence of mechanical noises. At last, at last, at last ... a place where my mind can be at rest, an unmanufactured place, an unconstructed place.

I went on to find a tropical rainforest, a lake, a dam, sheep and cattle stations, and a number of small towns worth exploring. The weather was glorious, the sun was shining. A beautiful day.

Wish you could be here.