Pics and thoughts

Thought 1: I think too much.

Thought 2: I don't know how not to think

Thought 3: Meditate more

I was incredibly conscious of my thought process today. I am sure I had millions of thoughts today and they were so completely random. Ranging from what am I doing with my life to what are we doing with this world?

One of the most bizarre things I saw today was a cemetary. My first impressions of Darwin are pretty obvious ... very tropical, still under construction, cheap accomodation, not designed for longevity, not incredibly wealthy. Having grown up and lived in middle class, white/european,temperate areas, the comparison to Darwin is interesting. In my mind gardens are neat, lawns are mowed, plants are sometimes native most often not. In Darwin ... gardens are natural, tropical and overrun ... an unruly garden is not a sign of neglect but of nature.

So to compare the surrounds to the cemetary was odd. It was perfect. Perfect lines for plots, perfectly mown. Manicured to "within an inch of it's life" ... Strangely comforting in a new frontier.

There was one huge similarity to where people live in Darwin to where they go once they have died. Fences. Nearly every house I have seen has high fences. I assume its a crime thing? And the cemetary also has a high fence and serious security. Interesting comparison to suburban USA where no-one has fences at all ... don't know why it's interesting ... it just is!

Off tomorrow for my first meeting. Hope I feel better! Slept all day today.

I went for a wander to the end of the Nightcliff Jetty, spoke to some people catching fish there and looking out at an expanse of water with nothing on it or in it. No swimmers, no boats. The signs said you could catch barramundi and mud crabs ... but apparently the most common is rock cod. The rocks had beautiful patterns in them.