Trip 20: Brisbane to Darwin to HOME
Purpose: Regulator Liaison Meeting
Total Distance Traveled: 6, 108 km
Distance Traveled Year to Date: 75, 205 km
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| Last night and the sun sets on a manic 2017 |
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| Frequent flyer? |
There really is not much left to
say.
At the beginning of the year I
said “This is what I do for a living. It is not always unicorns and rainbows
but when I am working hard I feel like I am hardly working.” I take that back:
I am wrecked. Twenty trips and over 75, 000 km travelled. Dozens of different
beds I have slept in and innumerable filthy showers I have washed in. I have
packed and re-packed my bag so often I don’t even bother to unpack it anymore.
I just dump it when I fly in and pick it up when I fly out. Would I do it
again? I think I would, because there have been moments that have further
defined me as a person and as a biologist. Those moments are usually realised
when I am way out in the outback where I am so alone, but I am never lonely.
Was it worth it? As a business
owner I should be content that clients just pay the bills; a fair price for a
job well done paid on time and without question. It rarely happens quite like
this but for the most part we have always been in receipt of what we were owed.
But sometimes clients go over and above
with special thanks or kind words. That helps. It makes a tough job that much
easier.
How appropriate then that my last
journey for 2017 should end this way.
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