I have just began work on a new site out at Jervis Bay. It is part of a navel base and a completely new experience for me as the base is totally different to any work environment that I have previously known.
Upon entry one drives down a winding road which passes through a golf course. The golf course is interwoven throughout beautiful gardens and many beautiful Australian antive trees. Dotted around are a few historic houses that the personnel live in as well as the college and adminstration areas which date back to 1911. However, all have been retained to blend in with the natural environment and are ever so serene to walk amongst. There is not just a beauty about Creswell but also a peace and tranquility about it. Initially when J first asked me to work here I imagined a gloomy atmosphere which reflected navel ideals and the military's way of life, instead there is a distinct calmness to be found. For example, one can think clearer there, the sounds of birds and the ocean come from all directions as Creswell is located out on a penninsula. There is a stillness about the grounds that is interupted occassionally by a wallaby or kangaroo making his/her way into the Boodewree National Park which surrounds the base. 
The gently sloping hills and lawns give such a feeling of harmony that one tends to forget the stresses of everyday life. It has taken a week for me to appreciate just why I feel so relaxed here indeed, I have spent a week away from most of my habits. there is no television here, no shops, no advertisements anywhere. It takes a while to slow down and then one realizes that your brain is at rest, free from the commands of noise, the consuming frenzy of stores, the business of time constraints and obligations to meet. Yes, over many decades Creswell has grown to embrace a quietude that the rest of the world can only envy. Few cars are driven here and those that are used on the roads travel throughout the grounds at no more that 25kms. My developed urges to hurry, hurry, hurry have become not so rushed or panicked to hurry onto the next task. 
It has been almost a soulful experience.
The gently sloping hills and lawns give such a feeling of harmony that one tends to forget the stresses of everyday life. It has taken a week for me to appreciate just why I feel so relaxed here indeed, I have spent a week away from most of my habits. there is no television here, no shops, no advertisements anywhere. It takes a while to slow down and then one realizes that your brain is at rest, free from the commands of noise, the consuming frenzy of stores, the business of time constraints and obligations to meet. Yes, over many decades Creswell has grown to embrace a quietude that the rest of the world can only envy. Few cars are driven here and those that are used on the roads travel throughout the grounds at no more that 25kms. My developed urges to hurry, hurry, hurry have become not so rushed or panicked to hurry onto the next task. 
It has been almost a soulful experience. What was that word???? Ahhhhhhhhh yes...."just beathe".
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