I fly back home to Canada the day after tomorrow for a visit with family and friends. It seems a bit surreal. True to Murphy's Law, the weather and the swell are improving on the Surf coast as I get ready to leave. Oh well! What can you do?
It will be very, very good to catch up with those people who are close to me, some of whom I haven't seen for such a long time! I'm really looking forward to that. I feel a bit strange leaving Australia now though...and not just because it's summer and starting to heat up.
How BIZARRE is it to fall in love with a country? I feel as "at home" here as I do back in Victoria, BC. I love the weather, the landscape, the cities and the ocean. I like the generous, open and friendly attitude of most Australians. I love that all my friends here are as ready for a serious debate or conversation as they are ready to have a laugh or to take the piss out of me or each other!
Henry, the Echidna almost walked over my foot as I was sitting outside my little shack house the other evening, and Buddy the Koala growls outside my window each night. It's kind of the Australian equivalent of Squirrels and Racoons... but I can't stop the smile that lasts long after Henry waddles off down the hill or Buddy scrambles up a tree to eat dinner!
I mean, come on! You know it's love when you're smiling on the tram or as you walk to get groceries or when you're on your surfboard catching absolutely nothing!
I'm smiling because I'm actually on the tram in Melbourne and everyone but me is grumpy on the morning commute; or because I can smell the eucalyptus on the air as I walk to the shops; or because the water is so damn turquoise and clear and those old dudes on big Mals can really surf!
Yes. I'm gone! Head over heels....Down Under..how corny is that?! And they say that distance makes the heart grow fonder! I know sometimes that's right. This trip back to Canada is about me taking a bit of space and making sure about what I want. And I'm pretty sure Australia will still be there when I'm ready to come back.
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