20 March 2006
Farewell, Lake Murray
The view from the plane
© Greenpeace/Prout
I fly out over the Lake in the twin prop 26-seater. It came late, but it came.
I gaze down over the blue water and green shades of the forest, the grasses, the islands of this great watery expanse – trying to recognise the places I've been, the villages I've visited.
I'm sad to be leaving this world, this stunningly beautiful Lake Murray. And these great people, these big-hearted communities.
I am grateful for Sep, for Gasi, for these leaders and their people. I am grateful that they took such good care of me. I am grateful that they so generously shared their lives, their stories, their land, their forests and their ways with me.
And more than anything, I am grateful that they are taking care of their forests, taking care of their communities; fighting for their rights, for their dignity, for their lives.
I thank them for their courage, and their sacrifice.
And I hope that one day I will return to find these people, their forests and their communities, happy, thriving and strong.
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