What am I going to do with myself here. I start the day by making Chris’s lunch and taking him the kilometer to work. that fills in about half an hour. lucky it was the 1st tuesday in november and I had been invited to a cup luncheon.
There must of been about 25 women there, some dressed for the occasion, others not as much. I hadn’t taken into account functions like this when I packed the van back in February. So only have one casual dress with me. No fascinator !
The event was held in the community hall, no TV there, but we all gathered into an office and watched it on a TV there. I think the sweeps were run by the PandC. No TAB facilities around here, not even a Club !
A bit of fun and certainly didn’t feel out of place, in fact everyone was very friendly and I came away having thoroughly enjoyed the day, all was not lost on the horses as I was invited to another luncheon for seniors week. If only they would control the flys, I would be happy to stay here longer than the harvest season as planned. I went for a walk on a couple of occasions, to take photos, but have now given that a miss, due to the flys not respecting my personal space. ! Some wildflowers, but not worth battling the flys over. Hate them.
Ok so i’ll just have to get game and venture out in the car….Alone.. 
My first trip was to go up to the nearest town Dalwallinu, 50 km away.
No traffic, maybe seen 2 cars on way in. It is a bigger town than Kalannie, even has an IGA. We also came through here back in August, when we did the wildflowers. On the way back I stopped to take some photos of the landscape,
Mostly salt flats, some lakes, and acres and acres of grain crops ready to be harvested.
That evening we had a storm, not much rain, but lightening, from all directions, that lit up the sky.
By Saturday it was still storming and a whole 6 ml of rain was enough to halt cartage and so Chris had a couple of days off. Of cause not good for the farmers. but we were able to go and have a look around the salt flats and lake area.
Just love taking photos to show natural beauty, of what really is very good for nothing land. Beauty is all around if you want to look for it.! 
Farming in this harsh environment, the farmers need to have a good sense of humour, which we were able to see on our drive
The only place for an evening meal out is the Bulldogs football kennel, where you have the choice of frozen pizza, or a packet of Smiths chips. we had pizza. 
Time flies when you’re having fun. Sundays seem to be a R and R day in town, so that’s what we did, except to go for a short walk up to the shop. They don’t make chai lattes, but they make the best old school, strawberry milk shakes, which went down well on the way home… and there went the first week of living in a small country town.