Work hard but also work smart. Keep up with what is happening around you. You don’t have to attend every meeting, workshop, etc., but you can always find out what is happening by staying in contact with others who do get to attend.

Esperance received a fair bit of rain on Thursday. Rain is one of my all-time favourite parts of Mother Nature. I grew up in the mid-north of SA, where it wasn’t a common occurrence, and as a farmer, I know there are good times for rain and others not so great.

What a difference a year makes. This time in 2015, my daughter and I were hanging out in Melbs waiting for the last concert in the Taylor Swift 1989 World Tour. Do you know it feels like a lifetime ago, yet I can remember everything so clearly.

The last couple of days have included a few strange ways of getting around the place! Normally I drive a very nice Nissan Patrol Wagon - very comfortable, fuel-efficient, and very 'normal'.