Vacation

I'm on holidays on Stradbroke Island for two weeks. I'm still writing. I'll finish the "Journey" while I'm away and post it when I get back.
Stradbroke is as magical as ever. It's been three years but the essence doesn't change:
crystal clear water; headlands punished by the southern ocean; turtles lolling in the deep; middle class manicured bodies mixing alongside the working fishermen; unspoilt expanses of sandy beaches; dogs; time slowing down. Ahhhhhhhh......................................