We were woken this morning about 3.00 am by torrential rain. There’s no way you can sleep with rain on the roof of the caravan however it eased a bit later in the morning. Today was cattle sales day at the Gracemere saleyards so we decided to go and have a look. The bull sales ring, which wasn’t in use, wouldn’t be out of place as an entertainment venue. It was very impressive. The actual saleyards however were a bit primitive in comparison. As we’d never been to sales before we found the process interesting. We saw both steers and heifers being sold but apparently the numbers were down because of the wet weather. Fortunately we didn’t come away as owners of a pen of cattle as we were very cautious about any actions we made. Mum had her last training swim here and has done really well. Even though we’re staying one more day she’s opted to have a rest day tomorrow. After lunch we went to have a look inside the Great Western Hotel. In particular we were curious about the indoor rodeo arena. The hotel is very much into country and western music with a female group performing there tonight. The entertainment area/rodeo arena is actually under a large “shed” at the back of the pub. The rodeo ring had four chutes with drafting yards at the back. While driving around we also found another bull sculpture near the airport – that makes a total of five scattered around the city in addition to those perched on roofs and awnings. We returned “home” to wait around until we heard from Graeme and were both becoming more anxious as the hours passed. Needless to say we were delighted and relieved to get the news that both Nayte and Renee were well. Mum shouted me dinner at Sizzlers for Fathers’ Day and we toasted our new grandson (with softdrink).
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