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FIguRE 4. My youngest walking near
the most spectacular Wallagoot Gap. We
spent the day out at this magical place,
swimming with the fish.

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FIguRE 6. The sun setting on New Year's Eve celebrations in 2015 in Merimbula, NSW.

FIguRE 5. The Yuin people (aka
Thurga) are the Australian Aborigines
from the South Coast of New South
Wales. At top are images of legendary
"King Billy" as he was nicknamed.

FIguRE 7. Pre-bedtime entertainment
in our tent. Another game of Snakes &
Ladders anyone?

and we got to speak with complete
strangers, feeling like we had all the
time in the world to do so.
At historical places, we learned
about indigenous people like "King
Billy" of the Yuin clan who would
often be seen walking unheard distances in the 1950s in the dense
shrub between Jervis Bay and Eden
- 300 km (Figure 5).
My kids began to make comments about how resourceful the
aborigines would have been, catching fresh fish, making new walking tracks, and being blessed to
live in a pristine world before the

built environment changed it so
radically (Figure 5). It was not difficult for me to imagine throwing in
my current lifestyle for the serenity, peace, and tranquillity of the
bush. The kids and I would be outside under the sun for at least 12
hours each day, and it was effortless and filled with activities, and
so very much fulfilling (Figure 6).
The kids didn't watch any television on this trip even though they
had access to it in one camp spot
(Figure 7). I spoke on the cell phone
only a handful of times, and on
some days I did not use electricity
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(they were my favorite days). Many
times we did not have any cell phone
coverage for large parts of the day. I
learnt some important things about
each of my children on this trip and
about myself and the world we live
in (Figure 8). And I'd love to do it all
again, sooner than later.
We've been sold the idea that
technology provides security for
us but I am of the opinion that at
least psychologically it leads to
insecurity [1]. It is a paradox. My
eldest kept asking what we would
do if we got a flat tire or engine
trouble deep down a dirt road
where we had no connectivity,
or what we'd do in the event of a
bushfire (Figure 9). Good questions
I thought, and answered them by
driving more slowly and carefully, avoiding sharp rocks and potholes, and more than anything,
turning to prayer "God, keep me
and my children safe. Help us not
to panic at a time of trouble, and to
know what to do. Help us not to be
harmed. And help us not to have
fear." For all intense and purposes,
technology which has been sold
to us for security, breeds a false
sense of security and even greater
fear. We have learned to rely on
mobile phones or the Internet, even
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