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We found ourselves along the Suffolk park sea shore, amongst the subtropical ness that is NSW. After walking for miles along the enormously gloomy beach, with rough waves hitting the shore in the background, we came to the point we had been searching for.. it was where the mouth of the Ti-tree lake opened, which allowed the salty ocean water to flow through. The windy river was both golden brown and deep dark burnt red. We crossed over and followed the windy river bank away from the sea. The grey gloomy skies of February, the outrageously big green trees in the distance and the Ti-tree plants dropping into the river bank.. what a sight. There was a silence and stillness in the air, just perfect enough to hear every creature out there.. complete secludednes. In time the windy burnt oranangy red river came to an end and the lake opened to form an enormously symmetrical dark body of water. The lake was black, all to see was a slight ripple in the water from time to time. The lake image burnt in my mind, it looked like thick black tar, extremely elegant yet extremely eerie. As we sat in the shallow part where the water was only redish, our view of the landscape was panoramic. We took a deep breath and took it all in, black still water, dusty river banks and a mountain full of dark green trees in the background. The gloominess of the sky covered the lake like a silent smoke, it was a precious moment of true tranquility. All of a sudden big rain drops fell from the sky and hit the lake ONE by ONE. Each droplet of water appearing to be in slow motion, each one creating an individual ripple at alternative times, almost like a pattern to music. So elusive it was the kind of thing you’ve only dreamt up of or seen in a psychedelic trip. This sight being one of the most eerie yet beautiful yet surreal moments I have and possibly will ever experience. In this this moment, the concept of time and space seemed irrelevant. It was so intense, my heart palpitated from the moment we arrived to the moment we left. It was frightening and divine.. the realisations, feelings and emotions the lake drew from my mind and my soul, still trouble me till this day. As we decided it was time to leave, picking our jaws up from the ground. We walked back past the ocean not being able to quite comprehend what we had just saw, felt and thought.. we later discovered these Ti-tree lakes play an important role in the Indeginous Australian culture and that in the past was used as a sacred birthing ground that only women where allowed to bath in.