This is a sample of the mini-wilderness, just a few hundred meters "up the creek", virtually in 'my-backyard'! I choose to come here to zone-out, get-with-the-Universe, relax, un-stress! Where I can listen to mother-nature and get peaced-out! For 30-mins and sometimes longer. Yep, I'm very grateful to have access to this little-paradise in the foothills of Mt.Glorious. It's called a mountain but it's really only a hill, in the 'big-picture' - but when Australia is the flattest-continent on Earth, we'll claim it as a 'mountain'. And the water-coursing through and over the rocks, is called 'Cedar Creek'. If you look carefully you can see my dog "Zeus"-(the Wonder Dog). Finding a space like this has been like getting a daily injection of; "Aaahhh-Yes"!..
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| Light and Shade contrast in the Creek |
In the afternoon sun, she really is mesmerising. At walking pace this spot is roughly 750m from the house 'as-the-crow-flies', and 2km to reach by trail. My dog "Zeus" and I love to go there and make it into a 'voyage-of-discovery' for both of us. It's quite rocky in places and I really have to concentrate, very slowly negotiating my way. I have used the weight of Zeus on the lead to help me stay-up, saving me from a swim!..(hehe). Consequently a typical 'walk-with-the-dog' can take us way more than it seems, ages even. Thank you..
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| Crystal clear waters of Cedar Creek - and it tastes fantastic! |
Although I live on the other side of the world, 'down-under' in Australia, I feel grateful to all the people in my 'sphere' and 'bubble'. The folks who've helped me, get to the point where I'm at right now. I've come a long way in the last twelve months. My health-care professionals have taught me lessons in - Physiotherapy, Hydrotherapy, Tai-Chi, Breathing, Mindfulness, Relaxation. All these coping mechanisms that we can draw from. For self-help, with depression and 'attitude' to life and how we can be taught acceptance. For ourselves, for who we are and what we have. Thank you..
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| The mid-afternoon Sun splices through the Gum Trees |
Family. Our relatives, our Wives, Husbands, Daughters, Sons, Sisters, Brothers, Aunty's, Uncles, Grand-Mother's, Grand-Father's. Thank you. You are the 'wind-beneath-our-wings' every day after day, after day. You see us at our worst - but you are the reasons why we strive to be our best. Then there is the '2nd-family', of medical staff and other Professionals who help those like you me and those more afflicted than us with - 'TM', or 'NMO' and other 'neuro-immunological' conditions. Thank you..
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| Is it a pair of Angel-Fish swimming? Or, Is it a tree? It's a rock-formation, trapping leaves! |
All the people involved in our 'Spinal-Injuries-Australia' community - our 'employment-options' advocates, and the allied-helpers with home-assist duties, helping us with 'walking-sticks' and 'frames' and 'wheel-chairs' etc. And the Carpenters, the Electricians, the Plumbers, the Refrigeration-Mechanics and Auto-Mechanics building and altering our homes and motor-vehicles to the ways in which we need.Thank you!
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| Another panorama of beautiful Cedar Creek (near Mt.Glorious), QLD Australia |
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