It was Clean Up Australia Day today. Appropriate, probably, that I cycle to the CUAD events at Deception Bay - contributing to a cleaner environment in two ways.
So I traipsed through the mud and marshes of the Deception Bay Conservation Park, filled up bags, and dragged them back.
Smeared with a film of mangrove mud and the attendant fragrance, I then cycled to the Deception Bay Guides AGM. Luckily, most people at the AGM had also filled bags with rubbish from the foreshore, so they forgave my odour (I think).
I had a flashing sensation of pleasure today on the bike, as I cycled outwards. Riding down the hill to Burpengary Creek, I felt the cool breeze of an autumn morning for the first time this year. The seasons are about to change, and it's a sensation I would not have experienced in a car.
And it was a satisfying feeling on the cycle homewards, when I used up my left-over energy and pedalled as fast as I could. I arrived home sweaty, smelly, but with a feeling of exercise-induced satisfaction.
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