Final Resting Place
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On our way to the walk, my partner and I shared what we know of the history of logging and tourism-related forest clearing in the area, as well as sharing some of our knowledge of the various species of the endemic forest, especially those prominently seen on the Mait’s Rest loop walk. Once we arrived, the four of us did the walk in contemplative silence, collecting any items that called to us from the path for a collaborative act of beauty along the way. Just before we reached the end of the walk, my partner and one of our guests chose a fallen tree trunk upon which we created our act of beauty.
On our way to the walk, my partner and I shared what we know of the history of logging and tourism-related forest clearing in the area, as well as sharing some of our knowledge of the various species of the endemic forest, especially those prominently seen on the Mait’s Rest loop walk. Once we arrived, the four of us did the walk in contemplative silence, collecting any items that called to us from the path for a collaborative act of beauty along the way. Just before we reached the end of the walk, my partner and one of our guests chose a fallen tree trunk upon which we created our act of beauty.
Why this Place?
Mait's Rest
My partner and I were hosting a couple of Workaways who were staying and working on our land nearby to the stunning loop walk at Mait’s Rest, Cape Otway. While on the one hand I wanted to share with them some of the beauty of the area, on the other hand, it was Global Earth Exchange day and so it equally felt like an opportunity to reflect and feel into the tragic history of logging across the whole region, and the effects of climate change and tourism on the local forests. At Mait’s rest, you find evidence of both – some of the hundreds of years old Mountain Ash and Myrtle Beech remain standing, but also stumps of logged old growth, and recently fallen and felled trees (the latter removed for the safety of human visitors after massive winds).
Act of Beauty
Upon a giant fallen tree trunk, we placed our items one by one, as each of us shared our reflections of the walk. We made what felt to us to be a microcosm of the forest scene we had just walked through.
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