I’m starting to think about heading back to Aussie, maybe March/April? That way I’ll get a little bit of warm weather and over the weekend I was talking to some old friends in Sydney and on the Central Coast.
One guy that I’ll try to get a hold of is a guy called Butch. His real name is different. Funny thing about Butch is that we met years ago through a group of friends. I wasn’t out to them in any way and after knowing Butch socially for over a year I finally discovered he was gay.
He is a str8 acting good looking tall masculine guy and he was one of the first friends I told about this blog.
Funny thing is, it was Butch who introduced me to Grindr and was a huge fan of it.
Butch, if you are reading this touch base mate.
This morning I woke up nice and early to a gorgeous day. Not a cloud in the sky, a little cool and not a breath of wind.
I hadn’t made any plans for the day but there was no way I could spend the day inside so I jumped in the car and headed down to Glenorchy where there are a bunch of hiking tracks (they call it ‘tramping’ in NZ). In the end I decided to shoot up the Routeburn Track (one of the ‘Great Walks’). I had been up there years and years ago and I was keen to see how far up I could get.
Surprisingly there was a little bit of snow up high which stopped me in my tracks but I had a great 7hr walk, there wasn’t many people about and I think I even got a little burnt.
I got the camera out a couple of times but these photos really don’t do it justice.
Walkabout refers to a rite of passage where male Australian Aborigines would undergo a journey during adolescence and live in the wilderness for a period as long as six months
I often go walkabout, not for six months, when I want to think about things. Growing up on the coast whenever I was upset about something, in a bit of trouble or didn’t have enuf money I’d go walkabout on the beach for a few hours and I’d always feel better when I got back. I’m not sure if it was the exercise or just the time thinking but it is something that works for me.
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