Pokeno

There's not a lot to show you in Pokeno. There's the cafe. The petrol station. The butcher. The dress shop. The antique shop. The icecream shop and that's pretty much it! Oops. I forgot the vege shop around the corner. Still, there's a lot to be said for small and a lot to be said for Pokeno. It's like they've decided on a few things and they do those things well whether it's the Pokeno Bacon, the gigantic icecreams, the old fashioned burgers or the clothes.
The little dress shop "Country Fashions" caters for a lady of a certain age and they know their market well. In the hour or so we were in the settlement we must have counted about 20 or 30 women of mums age going through the doors, and remember this is a tiny place way off the beaten track and for most it would have been a days outing to get there. The Madcow Mother is not a shopper and yet within 15 minutes she'd picked out two jackets & two blouses (and is muttering still that she might ring and order some trousers). The women who own the shop are just delightful going out of their way to find the right fit etc. They make the clothes on the premises and so when we couldn't find the jacket in the right size they soon found a near completed one on their rack and finished it while we went to the cafe next door for lunch. Now there are some good saleswomen!
Lunch out is a bit of a treat for her too - cheese & onion toasted sandwhiches with a long black were the order of the day and good old fashioned sandwhiches they were too. Then of course you can't go to Pokeno and not buy an icecream. We settled on the "kids size" which was 2 scoops - I think the 6 scoop cone might even be beyond himself!
All in all, a good day out - the sun shone & the paddocks out that way are just lush at the moment. Even a few trees in the distance showing their autumn colours which is something I really miss up north here. Tomorrow perhaps another girls day out but this time just Leonie & I. Or perhaps a bit of scrapping & dribbling on the couch. I could be convinced either way!