2020-02-22 New Zealand
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- Written by Colin Bridge
Travellers: Christine D, Susan, Christine J, Jackie, Joy, Pam, Werner & Vangie, Paul, John, Colin
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Travellers: Christine D, Susan, Christine J, Jackie, Joy, Pam, Werner & Vangie, Paul, John, Colin
Walkers: Julie (leader) Werner, Paul, Julie & Bruce, Christine D, Susan, Christine J, Jackie, Priscilla, Tony, Colin
Distance - 16.6k
Two new members (Priscilla and Tony) joined us on a very warm and humid day. After the recent rains water was everywhere and where there was water there were clouds of mozzies. We had Smoko at the road end of the runway before continuing on the boardwalk which we had to abandon as impassable. Only one koala seen today.
Walkers: Werner (leader) & Vangie, Paul, Pam D, Julie & Bruce, Christine D, Sue, Christine J, Julie, John, Jackie, Joy, Colin
Distance - 16.6k
A very warm day, but a strong breeze made it comfortable. Smoke haze everywhere. We had Smoko at Black Rock and then continued on to the turnaround at Lennox Heads where hang gliders were giving a beautiful display and taking people up for tandem rides.
Walkers: Colin (leader), Julie, Christine D, Helen, John, Paul
Distance - 9.3k
A very warm afternoon, but a cooling breeze made it comfortable. There had been rain the day before so that there was standing water in a few places and we could see the effects of surface flows and bark and leaves knocked to the ground.
The usual mosquitos heavier in some places more than others. Insect spray was shared around for protection.
Walkers: Vangie (leader) & Werner, Jill, Joy, Christine D, John, Julie C.
Distance - Coastal Walk: 8.0k
The walk started at Currumbin RSL.
We crossed the foot bridge and followed the board walk up to Pirate Park. We then crossed the Tallebudgera Creek Bridge and headed south as far as Elephant Rock. We then returned to Tallebudgera creek and walked towards the "Boat Shed Cafe" for brunch. It was more a social walk of only 8 KM.
Everybody enjoyed the morning - Vangie
Walkers: Michele (leader), & Gary, Vangie & Werner, Pam D, Christine D,
Julie, Joy, John, Paul, Colin
Distance - Back Creek Exploration: 7.4k
Distance - Beechmont Ramble: 13.1k
Smoke haze obscured the horizon but provided for a spectacular sunrise on the morning of 9 November, and the previous afternoon's walk to Back Creek was also hazy.
On the Back Creek walk we ventured as far as the newly erected barrier fence before making our way back to Back Creek to rock hop down to Denham Falls where only a trickle of water was coming over the falls.
Walkers: Paul (leader), Julie, Pam, John, Colin
Distance: 17.5k
Only 5 walkers today as many were away - 8 am start.
A wonderful days walking in the bright sunshine, but very little water coming over the falls and in the creeks. A very dry start to the summer.
Walkers: Julie C, Joy, Paul
Distance: circa 10.0k
Only 3 walkers today but it was a lovely day for "walking and talking"!
We set off from Kevin Gates Park at 8 am and walked out to the rock wall. We then walked around past the Caravan park and did our walk the opposite way to what we usually did so as to get the open bit over and done with before it got too hot.
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Why does attentiveness to nature matter? In a very fundamental sense, we are what we pay attention to. Paying heed to beauty, grace, and everyday miracles promotes a sense of possibility and coherence that runs deeper and truer than the often illusory commercial, social "realities" advanced by mainstream contemporary culture. ... Our attention is precious, and what we choose to focus it on has enormous consequences. What we choose to look at, and to listen to--these choices change the world. As Thich Nhat Hanh has pointed out, we become the bad television programs that we watch. A society that expends its energies tracking the latest doings of the celebrity couple is fundamentally distinct from one that watches for the first arriving spring migrant birds, or takes a weekend to check out insects in a mountain stream, or looks inside flowers to admire the marvelous ingenuities involved in pollination. The former tends to drag culture down to its lowest commonalities; the latter can lift us up in a sense of unity with all life. The Way of Natural History, edited by Thomas Lowe Fleischner and published by Trinity University Press (Texas)
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