10 AM:
After a pretty good night sleep, I had a shower at 7 and some talks with the locals and then off to briefing in the office.
Later the briefings will be in a sports center about 7 km. from here.
Now they are very close by for me.

Briefing was at 9 and all was very easy-going.
Lay out of the field was shown again , for he new arrivals and the SKYSIGHT -weather was analysed.
Not a bad day, with 6 to 7 kts., nearly no wind till around 6 PM when a change comes trough from the mountains and no storms.
More important to know,…a very blue day!!!
Runway 32 in use and for the landing they will advise depending on the incoming wind.

A task was set as well by Liz from Team UK ;302 km FAI triangle and if you wanted to do “more” you could make an AAT by widening the TP’s from the A task.
One of the 3 tuggies for today is Nina.
She is an Aussie, does n’t want to be an airline pilot later, which surprised me and a very friendly young lady.

More later!

12 PM;
So the president of the jury ,Gisela is already here since yesterday.
Just an hour ago Frauke the chief steward arrived and settled in, in her cabin. All are here at the field!!!
So the “show” can start now with, as I guess , ALL girls here too now.
We have a car for the 3 of us, as I am allowed to drive with them.
Necessary,… as we need to buy some food in Gunnedah for lunch and morning. Gunnedah is about 35 minutes from here.
Saw Ailsa today, she arrived as well.
Found myself a new little ,at this stage empty room in the club house, to work in for the time being ,till Sean the editor will be here.
Then a media-room will be created. No worries.

It’s great to be at the field. Tugs pass by with gliders on tow, just in front of you. All very close by!!!
The kangaroos have disappeared at this stage, but I know from the past, they will be back around 4 PM.
Around midday the first gliders will be launched for today’s task.
Back later !!!

4.30 PM.
3 European ladies in an Australian SUV,….that MUST be great fun.
It was !!!!
We were off to Woolworth in Gunnedah ,….found it,…. shopped till we dropped and drove home again.
But before we had to ask a young man, if he maybe knew how to open the boot of the car. He knew so all shopping could go with us.
Never saw so many times the bug wipers going up and down without rain.
We needed the GPS as well.
In between I made some pictures from the strip here,…NO GRASS at all, dry as a bone.

I had contact with Casey, who organized my room but who is in Hong Kong now, about the press-location He send me 2 pictures from how Keepit normally looks.

And one more

Though I am here for the WWGC in Lake Keepit, I know, you are used from me to see other important items pass by as well.
My eye “fell” on the great flight from Klaus Ohlmann on Christmas Eve in the Antares 23 E:
2.714 km in 14 hours and 18 minutes. So a nice speed of 189.7 km./h!!!!!!!
Great achievement!!!
” A great day and a great forecast from skysight. And the Antares is really a race horse. “
So good PR for Antares from Lange Aviation and Sky Sight from Matthew Scutter.

The girls here are having fun too. Not all are flying ,but before I left I saw some gliders go up.
I’ ll go outside again to see if I can make some nice pictures.It’s bloody hot though!!!
By the way I liked the news from the British Gliding Association:
“Some top tips and a top pic from the 10th FAI Women’s World Gliding Championships..
#WWGC19 #gliding

And another PRO TIP: for those who are not on FB;
“When outlanding, locals favour cultivated fields over grazing paddocks as like a glider, farming machinery objects to rocks! Livestock will step over them so they’re often left place if the field is for grazing only.
Just watch for SWER (single wire earth return) power lines as the single wire makes them very hard to see.”

6 PM:
Bumped into some old friends and have not been able to go to the field.
Will make some more pictures tomorrow. Here is one from Wendy and Harry,….. they just DO NOT AGE!!!

CU tomorrow.