Sheep Shearing Shed

Say that three times fast. We skipped out on some of the Saturday morning sessions at Easterfest and drove about 30 minutes west to the biggest operating sheep shearing shed. We enjoyed pancakes for morning tea and then got to see a couple of sheep being sheared. Did you know that Australia invented the tool that is being used everywhere for shearing sheep? It was great to experience yet another part of Aussie culture.

Shearing floor where 80 sheep could be sheared. "Back in the 1860's a fleece would hit the floor every 8 seconds." 3,000 sheep would be sheared a day.


Have you heard the saying "pull the wool over his eyes"? This sheep had just been sheared in front of a large crowd. The sheep shearer patted the sheep to a laying position and then put the sheep's fleece that had just been sheared over the sheep's eyes. The sheep went to "sleep" for quite a while

Australia's famous invention

poor sheep is giving his coat off his back for my sweater