What is the event? How did I come to it? What does it involve?
I conceived an event which began at the park at the end of Foreshore Rd, Pt Kembla. Very early in the morning – 3 or 4am. A cool breeze blowing from the ocean, gulls hovering in the lights of the car park below. I envisaged a single participant, myself, who would set out slowly in the direction of the steelworks and then over to Figtree and up into the escarpment. One or two major roads would have to be crossed, hence the early start. The event would then snake northwards back and forth between the escarpment and the sea. It would skirt the summit of Mt Keira and ascend Broker’s Nose and Sublime Point. It would pass through industrial areas and suburbs. It would follow sections of beach – North Wollongong to Towradgi, Woonona to Austinmer, Burning Palms to Garie. It would be intolerably long and hard. It would conclude in the Royal National Park at Wattamolla.
The notional start at the end of Foreshore Road, Pt Kembla
But the event is elusive. The route I describe above is unclear when I reflect upon it closely. It changes. It is not yet susceptible to being traced on a map.
Furthermore, this is only a portion of the event. The limits of the event are undefined. I must be prepared for whatever eventuates, but this also demands that I be unprepared.