And then I went Bush...

Actually, I’m not quite sure if a mountain half an hour from the suburbs qualifies as the bush but it was definitely needed respite from the four walls of my office closing in around me. I’ve realised over the course of the last six weeks that I am not cut out for sitting in one spot for extended periods of time. The girl in the room next door to me has taken to smirking at me as I go for my twentieth walk to the water fountain/café/toilet/library/photocopier/(insert any excuse here).

Anyway, my cranky levels were getting pretty high from all the sitting and generally having to concentrate for extended periods of time…. You know things are getting pretty bad when you want to scream at you relatively blameless roommate “COULD YOU TRY BREATHING A LITTLE QUIETER”.

Note to self… going bush on the hottest day of summer is not the smartest move… but I got to combine three of my favourite things: low level intensity exercise, food and taking pictures of random things… so let me take you on a pictorial walk with me

The first thing we saw was these two butterflies.

They were rather attached to each other.

I suspect it was the butterflies that left my

walking buddy with the song “The Bad Touch”

in her head for the rest of the hike.

And then a bit further along there was lots of rustling in a

bush next to me (I only squealed a little) and this goanna

ran up the tree next to me. He/She was impressively

camouflaged and I thought that I wished human had

evolved this particularly skill. I can think of lots of times

it would come in handy to be able to meld into walls/

furniture etc…

We ended up at a fabulous waterfall which made me want

to become one with nature and dive in but I thought the sightof a slightly pasty naked girl would scar the child nearby

catching tadpoles for life, so I settled for lying on a rock

and sticking my face in the stream.

And then of course we ate… which is really the only reason I exercise anyway! Here’s a picture of the reason I exercise. This is not what I had for lunch… because that would just be ridiculously greedy. This is just a picture of an awesome platter of Greek food. Consider it Food porn for your viewing pleasure :-)