Most of the sky in Australia is never visible from Europe. Here, I don’t know the names of most visible constellations. But I can still see Orion, surprised to be head over heels*.
* The whole sky is upside down in the Southern Hemisphere compared to how it looks in the Northern Hemisphere
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There are so many more stars in the Southern than in the Northern Hemisphere! The Large and Small Magellanic Cloud are real “dwarf” galaxies that, despite their classification, actually take a big chunk of the sky.
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I don’t think I will never get used to the Australian night sky. Taken as accounted for by most Australian-borns, it looks just impossible for an European. In particular in Italy it is hard to escape the reddish glow coming from cities and roads. There are just too many people to have such dark skies.
I love the shape of the native Australian trees sketched against the stars.
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Eventually, my inflamed body catches an infection. Nothing much to worry about in a healthy person, considering that a simple antibiotic should easily clear it up. However, in my case, it is a red flag. A recent study has found that antibiotic use is associated with chemical intolerance (CI or MCS), demonstrating that
“prolonged courses of antibiotics were associated with increased risk of CI, and with every additional course of antibiotics the odds of CI nearly doubled.” 1
My doctor, with good reason, awaits for the test results before deciding that antibiotics are necessary. Fingers crossed. She says that one course of antibiotics might be sufficient and maybe I will not need a second. Time will tell. We decide to increase the odds by going camping: hopefully my body will react better if I am in a healthier environment, away from the weed killer that caused my health to worsen in the first place.
Finally I can breathe and sleep. In the clear air, a smiling moon waits for the sunrise, next to the morning star.
