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I was sitting in PJ today with the sound of passing traffic when it occurred to me to ask the forum what it's like to be out in the bush at night with total silence and pitch darkness. Does it heighten your senses? Does it make you feel a kinship with the universe? Would you describe it as a kind of spiritual awareness?



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Yep....

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Usually there's some one beside me ploughing a field !
Well ?? It sounds like it !!

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Absolutely Gary. You do get used to it though.

You hear the possums scurrying around looking for scraps and in the morning the birds are deafening.

On hot still nights we sleep outside if there's no-one around and it's even more engaging.

Star gazing is good fun as well the number of meteors you see is worth it.

Where there are others around I find the distant murmuring of conversations makes me nod off to sleep real quick.

All in all great sensations.


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I haven't slept out in the bush, but I live in the country and it's deathly quiet at night, and even during the day most times, so yes it does heighten you hearing after you get used to it. You can hear the birds, you can hear someone walking by on the gravel path, you can hear the owls fly by as their wings move. You can hear crickets chirp and things...rabbits or foxes...running in the crop fields.

I love it and will miss it dearly.
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Funny when we go home on the farm. Our kids used to say the cows eating the grass is so noisy..
About 500m away.. Everything else was so quiet...

Out bush...
It seems so relaxing.. Open the vents in motorhome like they are sunroof..



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Right now I would love the sound of silence out bush.
We are in a caravan park in Busselton WA and the sound of what we are told is a Bronze wing Pigeon has every one here gritting their teeth.

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Agree with all said. There is always something making a sound, trees talking, animals moving around..human or other, birds, if you are near water your can sometimes even hear that. I reckon if you listen carefully you would probably hear the grass growing. Different sounds to the city for sure.

Dark... sure is in some places but nothing a torch can't solve. I like it when the moon is full, so different away from the city or towns.


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Talk about peace and quiet!! Paddabilla Bore west of Cunnamulla Qld 2013.  Get out into the bush and you will never look back! Your senses are heightened, your heart will swell at the rugged beauty of our land, and perhaps, you will never be able to stop looking for another perfectly quiet and beautiful place......  You do meet beautiful people too!!



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I once farted rather too loudly and a lady in a van quite a distance away moaned and dropped her tea cup....

*shrugs*

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Gary, I found myself by a Billabong one night whilst out gold detecting...long story short, I had not allowed for the daylight saving loss of an hour daylight, and did not have my normal backpack with torch/UHF etc and no phone coverage and I had gone three or eight gullys too far from vehicle...........trees were immediately thick with orb spiders and their webs, and pitch dark in no time and lots of eerie sounds one never hears during the daylight hours........I lay down and listened to all the frogs croaking.....then I thought of all brown snakes I've seen out there and how they love Billabongs and yummy frogs...my sphinster tightened at the thought..my senses were heightened alright....it was a warmish night...which meant every mossie within miles was drawn to that spot on my back that 'one' can never reach......they know the exact spot...never been so glad to see the Picaninny dawn mate.....also learnt another valuable lesson you cant eat a gold nugget....
You could say I felt a renewed kinship with my sphinster rather than the universe......and if I had even a drop of spirit awareness I would have drunk it.....

Never will I venture out again without my self contained backpack....I love the bush however it must be on my terms.....Hoo Roo

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One of my favourite things when camped somewhere on a pitch black night is to pour a mug of port, take a chair out into the open and sit and look up into the sky. All those stars and satellites just seem to be so close.

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Sol wrote:

One of my favourite things when camped somewhere on a pitch black night is to pour a mug of port, take a chair out into the open and sit and look up into the sky. All those stars and satellites just seem to be so close.

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Star watching on a quiet dark night. Absolute Bliss. We can even do it at home!

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Nothing like a pitch black night and thousands of stars to gaze at, and the sound of nature all around you Oh how I miss it all.

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Hi All

Really enjoyed Gary's question and the answers have been similar but different.

Hope Gary has another question to ask the forum that is as interesting.

Thank you Gary. Ralph. 

Ps. I like red wine and the latter it gets port is the calling.



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Just sat here and listened to ......................................................nothing - silence - quiet!

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jules47 wrote:

Just sat here and listened to ......................................................nothing - silence - quiet!


 Silence is loud,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,????  !!But!!, who is this women,,,, Hmmmmmm   looks like a very excited John,,,,    Billeeeeeee

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Opps Gary , Sorry ,, back on topic,,,,     Billeeeeeee

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Thanks for your comments everybody. All very interesting. From sphincter awareness to star gazing. Many GNs have written about the physical aspects of life on the road but I'm wondering more about the psychological aspects. I suspect that after a while, your attitude to life changes somewhat. That's what I'm looking forward to experiencing for myself.

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Gary, when you sit out there in the dark with millions of stars for company you come to realise how lucky you are to be on this planet.

Cheers mate and get out and try it for yourself.

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