The "shearer" aka Director Ian in the background
Friday 2 September 2016
Day 4 Hay, NSW
The Hay plains are flat as a pancake. Lots of emus running around and cows sitting in the middle of the road. We visited the 'Shear Outback'- a museum dedicated to shearers and the sheep industry. It was well done. The usual shearer had the day off, so they dragged one of the Board Directors in to do the sheering demonstration- he knew a lot about classing, wool tensile strength, trade, breeding etc but he cracked a major sweat during a very slow shearing of a poor sheep. The kids freaked out when it suffered a nick. The on-site maze helped the kids shake it off.
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Did they try out the Jackie Howe shears? How must have had huge hands to work those shears all day.
ReplyDeleteYes- they were extremely hard. Cannot imagine using those to shear 321 sheep in a day with those
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