Longing.au

Posted on October 14, 2008, under Other.

I’m reading Jupiter’s Travels right now. It’s about a guy who motorbiked 63,000 miles (that’s over 100,000km!) around the world…starting in 1974! His recounting of biking in Australia really made me miss Australia.

I miss the sun and warmth, the laid-back approach to life, the friendliness of most people, and of course the lizards, echidnas, and wombats. I even miss the spiders.

But I have to accept that I’ve decided to live and work in Toronto for now. As much as I love Australia, it’s not where I should be at the moment.

So as Chopper would say, “Harden the fuck up, Nick!”

PS: Matt, thanks for that HTFU reminder.

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2 Replies to "Longing.au"

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Zizzle  on October 27, 2008

Haha, gold mate!

It’s philosophy we should all live by :)

And I miss my home country too.

How about a Cape York peninsula dirt bike adventure?

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Nick  on January 7, 2009

Whoops, I just found this comment now!

I’m game for just about anything in Cape York. I’ve been as far north as Daintree, and really want to head all the way up.

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