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I Love Nature

Stuck In The City

By: BeththeButterfly
Written on February 1st, 2013
I am from a special area of NSW, which features magical beaches, and cool, feminine rainforest. I had lived there for over 15 years and experienced the self-sufficient life-style. I am happy in nature and feel at peace. In the city, where I am now obliged to live (but hopefully for not much longer), I feel isolated and alienated in this dense man-made environment.
This isn't so much a story, as a statement of where I'm at, and where I want to return to. I miss the fresh mountain air, the wind in the trees, the birds at dawn, the dew on wet grass, visible stars in the night sky and most of all the lack of man-made noise. I seek silence.
By: BeththeButterfly
Age: 46-50 , Female
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13 responses
  • Tailendcharlie
    Tailendcharlie

    So do I.....

    Mar 16
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  • YB01
    YB01

    Serenity in my life.

    Feb 16
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    • BeththeButterfly
      BeththeButterfly

      You are very welcome.
      Happy..hmm.. I'm not UNhappy! Just content to be sitting here enjoying the relative quiet of a Sunday morning. :) What about you?

      Feb 16
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  • YB01
    YB01

    Never.

    I am a bush walker who spends most of my time in Victoria and Tasmania.

    Is there a web URL you can recommend ?

    Bob

    Feb 16
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  • YB01
    YB01

    May I ask where in NSW this was

    Feb 14
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    • BeththeButterfly
      BeththeButterfly

      The Northern Rivers area: Lismore/Byron/Mullumbimby area. Have you been there?

      Feb 16
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  • diapbiker
    diapbiker

    i was raised in a farming town as a kid,, and as a bumb kid, i sought out the almighty dollar, and headed for the big citys.
    now i am trying what i can to get out of here, and get back to the country.
    the job, friends ect. are hard to incorporate with a move like that, but im working on it.
    wprk will always keep me in the big metros on the east coast, but im looking into options for a land purchase in the southern states, with in an hours drive to one of the offices.
    i have been crunching numbers, and thinking about cashing in my interests in the company, and working part time when i find that little peice of paradise,lol

    Feb 11
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    • BeththeButterfly
      BeththeButterfly

      Oh I very much hope you find ways around the challenges and get to do this. It sounds like it is doable for you financially, and an hour's drive to the office is really not such a big deal if it means living in a 'piece of paradise'. I have my fingers crossed for you. :)

      Feb 11
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  • Cheyenne527
    Cheyenne527

    As you, for me the country will always be part of me. Stayed in the city for 4 years, turned my back to the concrete jungle and return to the peacefull sounds of nature.
    You can take the man out of the country, but can`t take the country out of the man.

    Feb 11
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    • BeththeButterfly
      BeththeButterfly

      That is very true. I try to take the forest with me internally through every hectic, noisy day I spend here in this city . :) I am very happy for you that you made the escape. :)

      Feb 11
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