The Mountains of William...

I have so much work to worry about that I developed a nice little headache today. Anyhow, I decided I needed some time away from the lab, away from the books and journals... just to go somewhere quiet. I just took out the Melbourne map and started following along roads with my finger, looking for that secluded spot.

Mt. Dandenong is about a 30 minute drive from the place I rent, and I always wanted to have a look. So I thought that today would be the day... get rid of my headache and get out of the house to boot. I took my camera along, because now I have a blog, so it only makes sense to capture my exploits. It's a pity my camera is playing up... I got there and found that my batteries didn't have enough oompf in them to get my through more than two pictures. So that I had to drive down the mountain to find some batteries somewhere.

It was really worth the trip, as I found this park called "The William Ricketts Sanctuary", where this man called William had carved so many great aboriginal figures into wood and stone. Sure, there were mainly old people there, but I loved it.

(Except next time I go back, I will bring mosquito repellent... there was one there whenever I turned my head! I think it was the same one stalking me, godamnit! And I sat on a seat with some ants on it... and they were like big ants... and I got scared. And I saw a web up in the trees... and I wondered where the spider was... was it stowing away in my pants pocket, only to later reappear in my food? The sculptures were worth the risk to my life, though.)

I'm going to have to go back at some point because I missed a few things... like I didn't even sit down and watch the documentary about William Ricketts that was playing because I was too consumed with snapping pictures ... trying to position the camera atop of rocks and benches and dirt, attempting to get me in frame.