Per dad's request

I appreciate you all for being such great followers and I love all requests/ desires for information, but my dad really knows how to put the icing on the cake. He not only asked for more information about Dalby, he asked for more information on "the history, the dogs, the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker, and the religion of Dalby." He gave me not only the icing on the cake but also the little rosebud flowers, writing and other little details decorating the cake! So... it will be quite hard to tackle all of that in one go but I will tick a few off the list.

Firstly, the dogs. What is it about small towns that seem to bread runaway dogs? Maybe the dogs know they will get fed by someone, or the great expanses of land without fences, or carefree owners? Every morning (well, most mornings) I run to the gym along the river and I am greeted and followed by a turkey, a family of ducks with four ducklings, and a large assortment of dogs. They don't really come near me, but seem to think it is a fun game that I am running with them. They will run, gallop, lope? (no fun that horses get all the fun "running" words) ahead of me and then stop, sniff something, wait for me to pass, and then go ahead again.  It is a little game of cat and mouse and I guess I am the mouse!

History lesson time! Dalby was settled in 1840 by a man named Henry Dennis who camped on the grounds where that white obelisk (from my previous posting) is now standing. In 1859 Dalby officially became apart of the state of Queensland and slowly became the agricultural center that it is today. Dalby is host to rich, black soil which is good for the planting of wheat, cotton, and sorghum. I am sure the 26.6" of average rainfall a year also helps the crops flourish. The population has now risen to almost 10K people due to the construction boom and a local shopping center that is a large attraction out here in these parts. So basically, I am living in a very exciting, flourishing town ;-)

The butcher and I are not quite friendly yet but the woman at the Queensland Transport office this morning was very helpful. That's right folks, I now possess a Queensland drivers license. Funky, huh?

More on the town and (yes dad) the religion of the area next time. That's all folks!