Dartmore-Hamilton

Today has felt both long and short. This morning feels like days ago, but I don't really feel I have done anything! I took advantage of today's short drive and slept in this morning. Millog had already left for work so I had the place to myself. It turns out there is an awesome view from his house too, that I couldn't see last night.

When I left, I drove back into Dartmore to get a picture to show you the carvings that line the main street. It's a bit hard to see them all though.
It was only a short drive to Hamilton, less than an hour, but still very pretty. It reminded me of the Frankford Highway.
I arrived in Hamilton just before 12 and called Mum. She and Anne had only just left Melbourne, so I went and found some lunch.
Then I retreated to the car and played on the computer until the conference started. And then I was late. Whoops. I did miss the opening speech's though, but from the last few minutes I did hear, I didn't mind. The two speakers who spoke this afternoon were both quite entertaining, and the MC was pretty funny. She was telling us how the only time she lived on the land was when she brought 120 acres with her husband. Then after a few months he left her for another woman, so she moved back to the city!
Mum and Anne arrived half way into the second speaker. It turned out I'd been expecting a completely different Anne! That explains why she sounded so different on the phone...
After afternoon tea, they had a panel discussing a hypothetical scenario- an outbreak of an unknown disease in the sheep capital of Australia, Sheepville. It was a bit funny in some parts, with breaking news headlines running across the bottom of the projector screen. Some of the captions included 'Barbeques Galore expect a drop in profits next quarter' and 'Sam seeks mental health support due to lack of lamb' (or something along those lines).
There is a big photo competition included in the conference, so we went and saw them all in the gallery next door for cocktail hour. I have never seen so much art as I have the last few weeks! There were some really nice pictures there though.
After the cocktail hour, we all headed back to the B&B where we are staying. Peter and Carol are both lovely, and very helpful. They even have one of those stair lifts, so I didn't have to climb the stairs! Mum's eyes nearly popped out of her head when she saw my haul from Hahndorf.
It's so much colder down here- I'm almost ready to go back to Alice! But for now, I'm just going to go to bed instead. Night!