Crikey CJ, sometimes I think that you and I are very mcuh alike. It is quite spooky really! ( :>o

Yesterday I caught the ferry to Magnetic I and then the bus across the island. I hiked through the national park an found lovely secluded spot in the shade on a big granite rock under an old gnarly hoop pine.

Watched an osprey come and go from its nest on top of an enormous boulder on a headland and a sea eagle cruise back and forth. Admired a group of young bikini-clad women on the beach (:>)> (that second > is my tongue!).

Then I went for a brisk barefoot run along the rough track back through the national park, back on the bus and the ferry. The day changed from beautiful and sunny to grey and dank as a thunderstorm developed above.

Then it was a barefoot run up Castle Hill in the rain and home to do some gardening in that wonderful light that you get at sunset on a stormy day.

That was a pretty nice way to chill-out on a Sunday!

Fishing for food is ok but how is it fun to fish for fun? Sadistic is it not? Poor fish. I may start a save a fish from violent men ribbon day.

I work online so I come here to chill out lol. Have to get back to work though, time always does creep up fast.

Very true, CJ.

>>I get the impression that you rarely leave urban environs, no<<

Yup, give me the vibrancy of a big city any day of the week. A day away from the sheer energy of the big smoke is strictly for holidays.

But you can keep the "countryside". A holiday (in Australia) invariably means somewhere near the sea.

And by near, I mean within three minutes walk.

Of course, a holiday outside Australia means more cities - Paris, Rome, London. Athens, Berlin...

>>Each to his own, I guess<<

You've got that right.

I come here to chill CJ may at times look uncool but I operate that way in every thing.
Fishing, love it, but can not bring myself to pick up the rod, yet.
My best mate was my fishing mate, and cousin ,lost him a while ago but we got fish.
Not the same but if you truly love fishing before you die, fish Airforce beach Evans head, and all the ones north to Balinna.
sorry the missus, you have lost me, no way I can wear that fishing is cruel stuff.
Till I die I will fight people like you, we lost jumps racing, horses will be shot because of it.
Radicals are not going to stop fishing without a fight.
Love animals all of them, my two dogs run madly around my legs as I turn this off, they know we are going to walk around my yard, chilling out.

Belly I suspect that TheMissus had her tongue in her cheek as she posted that. A friendly dig at CJ for disagreements elsewhere.

Off topic here but it's something I pondered raising on the Animal Suffering thread (which looks a lot like one of Boazy's mossy bash threads). I won't comment further here.

R0bert

We've got mini goat stud. Love just hanging out with the babies and not so babies. Nothing more relaxing than one crawling up on your lap and going to sleep.

I love music, but I really don't spend as much time as I want listening to it.

I have a blog. I enjoy that.

I make and edit videos for a couple of YouTube channels.

I'm a staff writer for a video game website, and I enjoy some hobby writing of my own.

I have a large group of online friends that frequent an Australian writer's blog/s and we usually hang out on Twitter shooting the breeze or argui....discussing ALL SORTS of things from things like we argue about here to everyone's blogs to topic of the day. Great bunch.

I'm rural, so the net is a lifeline to other's brains.