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I was reminded of this by Fleur’s (@fleura) interesting post. You can catch up here: In Western Australia, we’ve been incredibly lucky to have escaped the clutches of the coronavirus. We’ve had very few cases and our restrictions have been minimal. I have to hand it to our Premier and other top officials for the way they have handled the pandemic – and also the huge bushfire that ravaged the state recently. Each morning throughout the worst of the pandemic and the bushfire, the Premier and other officials have appeared on TV to keep us all up to date with the latest news and restrictions. They have also answered questions from journalists. It’s shown on a Facebook page I think. However, one morning the interview was delayed for some reason and people started commenting while they were waiting. Within seconds, the remarks became totally irrelevant and quite inane such as: Did you know six of the seven dwarves aren’t Happy? Does anyone have a ride-on mower for sale? What time does Ascot Tavern open? Does anyone have a foolproof recipe for pavlova? I had eggs for breakfast. Has anyone seen Joe lately? We’re going to take photos at a horse trekkers event shortly. The venue is stunningly beautiful. They’re camped by a big dam with attracts a lot of waterbirds. It is really hilly country, much more hilly than our own area. The photo is of one of the riders with her Friesian-cross horse.