Finished up work at Telstra yesterday. Said my goodbyes and tried to sell broadband to one last person and then it was time to hang up my headset and go on to something new. It was a nice job as far as jobs go, definitely not as hard as I had thought it would be and I’m glad for experience. But it’s time.
Time for what? You ask. Well it’s just time. Time to go, time to fly, time to get living or it’s time to die. You’ll maybe notice that paraphrase from Shawshank Redemption. Great movie. It’s almost as great as the movie that I’m writing. Actually I’m writing 3 and they’re all in my head right now. If I can fill them out and get them on paper then.. Well actually that’s what I’m getting at.
In a couple of days, I’ll be flying out of the country. That’s right, it’s time to move and I’m loving the feeling of being mobile again. My first stop is Vietnam where I’ll be getting my first taste of real Communism. It is quite exciting, as I hadn’t really planned on going there straight away. I was always planning to go there some day, but I never figured that it would be so soon. It’s just that the ticket was the cheapest and it suited my plans well.
I’ve just discovered another wonder of Google. It’s called Google Maps and it shows the vast array of satellite imagery from around the world. You can zoom so close that you can make out streets and ovals. I can almost see my house.
It goes beyond all maps and directories. This is the real world you can see and it’s just amazing. A great way to plan trips and outings. I’ve zoomed in to my old hangout, Seoul and saw the bridge that I used to go over every day. I zoomed in to Northern Queensland, checking out the remote coastline, dreaming of future adventures discovering unknown territories. All the while I was thinking, God damn Australia is so huge and uninhabited. I really feel like we Aussies are just caretakers of some huge thing that we can’t control. Not really.
See here in the cities we kind of feel like we are Australia. But then you look at how far out some of these other places are. Places like Mount Isa or Birdsville which are miles from anywhere. Towns of just a few people with nothing for hundreds of kilometres in every direction. Compare this with other countries such as Japan or India who have people stacked on top of each other. There are thousands and thousands of miles of beautiful Australian coastline which could easily be developed and turned into a paradise for millions and millions of people. It’s mind boggling just how mind boggling it is.
There are so many many things to see. We truly have an amazing country. If only there weren’t so many things to hurt and kill you here. This reputation that Australia has for being a harsh and unforgiving climate is largely well deserved. If you’re travelling through this country trying to see these sights, you’d better make sure that you’ve got lots of supplies and a good communication system. I guess it’s this harshness which gives Aussies the reputation of being pretty tough. I think that’s true, but for us city folk, our form of toughness is mainly just caution and a tend for a no-nonsense approach.
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