"Need some silence from the loud"

"Need some silence from the loud,
Them noisy crowds."

-Imogen Heap

I just got back from a walk down to the salt marsh. It's a beautiful evening.
I walked along the boardwalk, then around the lake. I found a beautiful spot on a small peninsula of dirt and stuff that was jutting out into the lake. (See map above)
So I sat there...
I listened.
I could hear the pukekos across the lake from me pulling up roots to eat. I could hear their footsteps and their wings flapping. I could hear the birds singing in the trees, the swish of water as some ducks took off and the quacking of a couple who drifted lazily past me. The sky was so unbelievably blue, and the few clouds so unbelievably white. The trees were so many shades of green and the cold air cleansed all smells.
Then I actually listened.
I could hear cars on the road behind the trees. I could hear a baby crying, a phone ringing, and some idiotic kids screaming as their mother told them they could not buy an ice cream on the way home. I could hear the dogs (not a native NZ species) barking. I could hear an aeroplane going by. If I looked north instead of east, I could see a house. If I looked west, I could see houses on the hill, and if I stood, I could see houses to the east and the south over the trees and I could see the noisy road with cars swishing by. There was a Snickers bar wrapper embedded in the dirt about a metre south of my right foot.
All of those noises, I am so used to that I didn't notice them for several minutes.
I wish I could walk through the salt marsh and have it be completely isolated of human noise. I like the paths to walk on, but I wish it could at least be silent from what I am so trained to ignore.
I felt almost angry when I noticed these things. Now I feel a little sad, but calmer and less braindead than I did before I went out walking. Maybe I will visit that spot again; take a camera and a notebook next time.