Cycling on a Beach in a National Park

Cycling along a NSW National Parks beach, having a swim in winter. Pods of smiling Bottlenose dolphins are surfing together. A White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) is soaring overhead. Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris) are wading in pairs looking for pipis (small bivalve molluscs) that have not been raided by humans as it is in a national park. When a person approaches them, the shy shorebirds make a loud whistling call and flee from their feeding grounds. The unusual thing was when approached by bike, they just continued going about their business. Nice to observe wildlife in their refuge for some time.

Flat Tire, Der Radwechsel, Bertolt Brecht

Der Radwechsel

 Ich sitze am Straßenhang.
Der Fahrer wechselt das Rad.
Ich bin nicht gerne, wo ich herkomme.
Ich bin nicht gerne, wo ich hinfahre.
Warum sehe ich den Radwechsel
mit Ungeduld?

Bertolt Brecht, Der Radwechsel, 1953 

B.B. patiently waiting amongst investor architecture

The Flat Tire

 I am sitting on the edge of the street.
The bicycle repair shop is changing the tire.
I don't like, where I come from.
I don't like, where I am going to.
Why do I view the changing of the tire
with impatience?

Bertolt Brecht, Change of Tire, 1953, (A very free fossil fuel-free translation)