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Friday Aug 5, 2016 #
8 AM
Pool running 45:00 [3] 0.7 km (1:04:17 / km)
Longreach has a pool, which wasn't a surprise, and it was open at this time of year, which was a little more of a surprise. Not that it was exactly overwhelmed with custom - in fact I was the only person there for the entire duration of the session, which was pleasant enough.
Sight of the morning: a large jabiru bird strolling casually through the car park afterwards.
For once I wasn't on the move today - much of the day being devoted to a tour of a local cattle station. I signed up for this largely because three of my colleagues had been on it when they came up here in late May (as it turned out, a few days before the rains started) to run a seasonal climate prediction workshop, and tasked me to get "after the rain" photos to match their "before" ones. Interesting to talk with the farmer, though, and find out more about what actually happens on the ground when there is a big drought here. They largely destocked (although they're starting to bring sheep back now; cattle are still a few months away), and a lot of people in supporting industries have left town, perhaps best indicated by enrolments at the local state school declining from 360 to 200 in three years. (The Census data will tell an interesting tale here, not just in Longreach).
Sight of the morning: a large jabiru bird strolling casually through the car park afterwards.
For once I wasn't on the move today - much of the day being devoted to a tour of a local cattle station. I signed up for this largely because three of my colleagues had been on it when they came up here in late May (as it turned out, a few days before the rains started) to run a seasonal climate prediction workshop, and tasked me to get "after the rain" photos to match their "before" ones. Interesting to talk with the farmer, though, and find out more about what actually happens on the ground when there is a big drought here. They largely destocked (although they're starting to bring sheep back now; cattle are still a few months away), and a lot of people in supporting industries have left town, perhaps best indicated by enrolments at the local state school declining from 360 to 200 in three years. (The Census data will tell an interesting tale here, not just in Longreach).