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Travel Australia Darwin to Daly Waters

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  Our trusty Subaru Forester was packed with me, my partner Brenda, Katchalla (our concerned but enthusiastic spoodle), and enough snacks to survive a tiny apocalypse. With our brand new Brass Monkey securely tucked into the boot, we set off on our mission: the first leg of an epic journey from Darwin to Ulladulla, NSW, with Daly Waters shimmering in our minds as our initial oasis. We departed from Darwin, the tropical humidity clinging to us like a second skin. After about 98 kilometers, the promise of caffeine lured us into the Adelaide River Country Store. Brenda, ever the coffee connoisseur, declared their coffee to be "a damn good coffee," which is a high compliment indeed. Meanwhile, Katcha sniffed around, searching for the right spot to relieve himself and stumbled upon the store's no dickhead policy. Back on the Stuart Highway, the landscape began to slowly transform. The lush greens of Darwin gradually gave way to the more resilient vegetation of the outback.  Th...

Celeste in Contemplation


How to feel absolutely renewed
When transforming from regeneration
Methodically and slowly as it goes
From what happened to a continuous re-event
In this box of instantaneous events
Where past and present compete
Wrapped by a transparent membrane
All is safe

From those who say
You are altered
You look different
Your appearance and personality has changed

So begins the lying to self
Of moral injury
Ethical transgressions
And traumatized
Pounding flashbacks
Lost of trust
And finally resting in a residue of failure







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