We felt welcomed and shared life at a bit deeper level (because of our committment to God's chosen Leader of Humanity?) with Graham (the GP), Hugh, Tim & Jacquie, & many others like the two Helens etc
Saturday 30 September 2017
Rest Day (Sunday 1 Oct 2017)
We felt welcomed and shared life at a bit deeper level (because of our committment to God's chosen Leader of Humanity?) with Graham (the GP), Hugh, Tim & Jacquie, & many others like the two Helens etc
Day 6 (Sat, 30 September 2017)
A PILGRIM'S REFLECTIONS
of Jesus' apprentices on lake,
their dutifull use of their ship at sail,
& "generous" not waking him to take
a part in all the bailing of what "waved
in", making children scared (for they forgot
that they were loved and cared for, so behaved),
quite panic-ey; & blamed him for the lot!
When I've been under pressure doing work
(I thought was what was given for this while),
my faith has shrunk, & disappeared & shirked
and left a hole instead of a broad smile.
I see that I have been quite faithless, Lord.
I watch your students learn to trust in God
but as they "prove their worth" their faith is flawed -
that's even when they go where you have trod.
it can be just a shell without the heart,
I want to learn from their, and my own, past
to grow a living faith - though "knowing PART".
For "brother Wind" and "sister Wave" did come.
and straight away do they obey - and some!
The heir of fam'ly life tells them "Be still!"...
and like a loyal hound, or old grey mare
they stop their jumping and their blustering,
(for though it may be just they're glad he's there,
the younger children are quite flustering).
So though I know I don't know very much,
the other kind of knowing knows the one
who knows all things, so if I am in touch,
it can be like a father and his son.
is not to think I have to "Tell you what!"...
or check you're doing right, from what I know;
but ask for help, be glad for "spanks" I've got!
and I can learn from you. I am lucky!
But knowing you is more of a treasure;
I've found the door, & now I've found the key!
er. He knows things I do not, but will when
he tells me them. It's he who works till late-
-er, looking back, we see what he's done then!
& then look out to learn my lessons well,
look up and thank the one who quiets, and feeds,
& smile, because I know I'll live to tell.
I see oh Lord my treasure is often
the smaller things that are your gifts to me
like food and drink and warm clothes that soften
the many storms and harsh realities
But you are treasure greater than your gifts
the focus of my hopes and dreams will be
on you and seeing your goodness that lifts
or stills, as needs, for more reality.
PW
Friday 29 September 2017
Day 5 (Friday 29 September 2017)
Thursday 28 September 2017
Day 4 (Thursday 28 September 2017)
Well, after a late night the night before (going to a couple of hospitals with a bite of some description on my middle toe of the left foot; spreading a red swelling) we slept until about 9 o'clock.
We breakfasted checked the washing & left by about 10:30am to arrive at our Finishing Point from yesterday (about maybe a hundred metres South of the gates of the Wilsons Promontory National Park). Katrina left and went off to explore for the day we started the walk, about 10:50am, had 10 minutes together till 11am, then had our 1hr. of solitude. I walked ahead singing out loud etc with the trangia & metho to setup morning tea. When the hour was up I could just see the outskirts of a little village ahead of us Yanakie. It had been raining on and off with gusty cold winds so I thought that if we could make it to a warm coffee shop that might be nice. It is Greg's birthday, today he turns 43 so I ordered two cappuccino's and a pizza. They said they would make the Grego's coffee when he arrived. I texted him to tell him where we were and 10 minutes later he sauntered in & we had our coffees & half a pizza together. We kept the other half for lunch, said thank you and moved on. The antibiotics I have for my toe have to be taken half an hour before a meal, so at 2:15 I had one and then we stopped for lunch at 2:45. Then we walked on until 4-ish and rang Katrina. She picked us up on the corner of Savage Road and the road we were on to Fishcreek. Then we drove into Fishcreek and had a coffee and cake to celebrate Greg's birthday and drove back to the Yanakie caravan park where we're spending the night again.
Katrina: today was very touristy: I saw some waterfalls, a Museum (on the history of Foster - it was very interesting) and Port Welshpool.
Tuesday 26 September 2017
3rd Day Wed 27 September 2017
3rd Day Wed 27 September 2017
We packed up the tent and trailer and left Tidal River to head to Yanaki Caravan Park. On the way Katrina decided she could do without having a van for the day-time, so she dropped us at the Darby River carpark and drove off to find a coffee shop, & Grego & i started walking. We had red guideposts telling us how many km to the main National Park Gate. We started just after the 19 sign.
We decided to do our time of solitude first up from 10:10am -11:20am.
Paul found a couple of malaleuca walking sticks one of which was wonderfully springy, & powered ahead with the high viz vest on, & had a wonderful time making up songs etc., Greg listened to some reading on his phone.
We stopped for morning tea at the 13 post, and apportioned our storylets from Mark 3 for the day... then as we walked we took turns telling through parts of that first Century record of the "on the road & around the countryside" life and teaching of that revolutionary Jewish prophet Yeshua BarYoseph. And then asked each other which (1or 2) of the 14 or 15 different groups or kinds of people in those 5 stories we most identified with, and why. Very interesting. What would forward advancement look like for us?
Then stopped at 1:30pm for lunch at the Sou West Corner track entrance after we passed the 7 post.
Day 2 (Tues 26 Sept 2017)
Pics to follow (when I learn how to upload)
Day 2 (Tues 26 Sept 2017)
Grego & I were joined by Katrina for the first few km from Tidal River around to Squeaky Beach. Then she turned back to the van, coffee & catching up on texts, shut-eye, & was about to do some work when I called her to see if she could collect us from Darby River Car Park at 3:15-ish. She came, we returned, checked about the possibility of adding Wed night to our powered site (No cancelations, yet!). We had a cuppa and an icecream then Tim rang to say he was in Melbourne with my bag... but he didn't understand how far it was.... we said we'd drive towards him and he could text us where we could meet. We ended up meeting at Ray's Pizzas at Tooradin, shared pizza with Tim & his children (Jodie was busy), collected my bag and Katrina drove back (again), so I could write up this blog."Home" around 9:15pm. Into shower and bed... hope to sleep in again then work out what camp site the van and Katrina stays in tomorrow, & once again hit the road...
Day 1 (Mon 25 September 2017)
Sunday 24 September 2017
The day before we started
Grego: "We trekked to Halfway Hut, got wet and froze"
Paul: "The Godfreys put us up Saturday night. Sunday, we had a late start with them in Castlemaine, then we traveled to Wilsons Promontory - Tidal River National Park office (where we arrived just before they closed @ 4). On the way we found that I had left my small day backpack at the Godfreys - when they texted us. They might be able to bring it down this week we'll see. Then we drove to the telegraph station car park, left the car and campertrailer, & trekked
(see pic)
(with sleeping bags, tent and some food) the 7.4km to Halfway Hut, it rained on and off all night. We started telling each other the Backstory to Mark, starting with Genesis 1, (Day 0, 1, 2, 3 etc.). Through the first son of Adam (whom Eve thought would fix up the curse and do battle with snakey), the line of Seth including Enoch (who walked with God for 300 yrs), Noah, the Flood, Babel, Abraham, Isaac etc... Daniel's prophecy. We shared Grego's tent (borrowed from the Flemmings) between the three of us and then the next morning left our tent and slightly damp sleeping bags at Halfway Hut and walked relatively freely with just water, the 8.2km to Southpoint where we arrived a bit before 9am.
I scrambled down and touched the water there with my right foot and right hand at about 9am Monday 25 September. And, this leg of the walk began
Saturday 23 September 2017
change meant some arrangements are adjusted
We're driving down to start the walk a-gain,
Wednesday 20 September 2017
dislexic learning tricks from an old doG..
Tuesday 19 September 2017
G ' d a y !
and get's involved each day as it does please
Monday 18 September 2017
... chairos moments ...
while marking time,
so not to baulk
at the sublime.
They hope to learn
from Mark, to see
Life (not to spearn
Community)
in common-place
things like walking
(not power paced)
& too talking.
Here's that there link,
might help you think...
- least be knowing
how we're going:
yvalker.blogspot.com.au
Anyone know
how to jig-jog
some audio
onto a blog
-new recordings
of folk we meet
in our minings,
on road & street
(people's pictures
are straight forward;
seems more strictures
with sound recorded).