Some of our friends own a huge farm just outside of Canberra. They shear the sheep there twice a year and this was the second time we'd been out to watch.
Eli was a bit spooked by the noise in the shed, but what struck me about the whole thing was how hard the work was and how quickly the shearers worked.
In the comfy society we live it's rare to witness true physical work (unless you include the odd plumber charging you an extortionate amount of money to change a washer) and these guys really went for it. Apparently between the four shearers they could shear upwards of 800-1,000 sheep a day and work between 6.30am-5.30pm.
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