It can be a thin strip of dirt carved out through years of use by locals or a solid board-walk created with care by a local government authority to provide the optimum experience for tourists. Either way, the coastal walk is an important part of any journey in a country like Australia which, as our national anthem states is bounded by sea. When I walk between earth and sea its as though I am are unifying agent of both forces. I feel more balanced in my soul but after all, I was born in the sign of the crab, that curious creature which makes the threshold between land and water, its home. The crab is that unusual mixture of Yin and Yang, hard outer shell, soft insides, impelled towards life yet retreating from it.
These crustaceans are just one of the life forms you can encounter on this type of walk . Each element, air, water and earth, produces vibrant life forms some of which are only found on the coast, but many are migrating species, travellers just like us, who remind us of the smallness of our world.
Then there is the type of vegetation found by the sea which is different to that inland. I love the trees which have allowed themselves to be sculptured by the wind which is always a key actor in defining and sculpting the sea walk landscape
It always surprises me that although you are on solid ground-and earth offers as much variety and beauty as any element-your focus as you walk, becomes the sea and horizon.
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