I Can See Numbers

On my phone. Past the dark matted gunk. The big numbers showing the time. Just.

(There’s a crescent moon near the top)

UPDATE 9.23AM

Chilly in Bungendore rest area and I like it

Tired today already of struggling to look through gunk in the left eye. Though I can see the phone’s large time numbers I have to wait until the gunk flings around, just so,to do so. And even then it’s a struggle to make them out through the affected but ‘better’ spot.

I’m still disoriented walking around. I feel emotionally and corporally removed from the world, too, more than usual.

Prime goal today is to not stress if possible, do nothing to cause stress, and rest the eyes often. I’d like to paint but won’t due to the focus.

Not sure when I’ll try to set up the shower.

Three car visitors overnight plus the permanent, who’ve all gone, and as ever here lots of people stop for the toilets and shelteted seats. And, it’s cold.

UPDATE 12.20PM

The photo doesn’t capture the vibe of this place, which is not orderly nor as restful as in it.

It’s quite heavily visited, with both worktrucks, tourers and sedans alike. An extraordinary number of cars, trucks, buses and 4WDs ho in and out of the road for which the rest area serves as an entrance. The road is marked “Private Property”.

What’s down there? A cult? A commune? Development. attractive for which reason? 6ks out of Bungendore and 22ks out of Queanbeyan?

I wouldn’t say the spot is friendly. If anything it tilts towards threatening, with youngish locals heaving up to hang out in front of, and use, the toilets.

Lots of people get out of their cars, or just appear out of nowhere, often with dogs (in the cult?) each day to walk the Cooks Reserve bush track.

I must do that, and get the history guide from Bungendore to do it.

Anyway, I managed a shower without anyone turning up. Got to wash particularly the eyes with warm water, something I have to do each day before I feel I can see properly.

Breezy, cold wind, but the sun is venturing out.