Today s program visits the Great Barrier Reef, one of the true wonders of the world. Above me, the pale furry leaves of an argusia bush provide some small shade. The south-east trade wind blows softly from the Coral Sea.
White sands shelve steeply down into clear blue-green water.
The salt air has a certain tang to it, half chicken-roost, half desiccated compost. I am on a coral island somewhere on the Great Barrier Reef. I sit in the shade of an argusia bush and reflect on the nature of happiness. Some time ago I landed the best job ever, to write a book about The Great Barrier Reef of Australia. I tossed in my day job and went travelling.