Farming
Some snaps while out on the farm. Dad farms beef cattle (for meat) and sheep (for wool and meat). He has about 1000 acres, 1000 sheep and 200 cattle.
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01 Hand feeding the calf
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02 Feeding hay to the sheep at Peters
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03 One of Pete's horses
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04 Feeding out
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05 Old car at Peter's
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06 Grape picking tractor
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07 Concreting Brett's shed
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08 Concreting Brett's shed
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09 Calf feeding from mother
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10 Cleaning the lambs before sale
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11 My job was to carry the lambs out to the others to shear
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12 Steve and Brett dragging out lambs
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13 Its a family effort
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14 Dad shearing the lambs bum
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15 Pet ostirich at neighbours famr
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16 Cattle at Gayden's
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17 Sick calf with mother
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18 Bull's enjoying some hay
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19 Sheep at Pete's place
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20 Brett feeding the sheep oats
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21 Young lambs at Pete's place
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22 Milking cows
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23 Shearing shed at Dad's place
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24 Calves
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25 Ken Lightbody and his crutching machine
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26 The machine holds the sheep in the right position so Ken can shear its bum
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27 Grabbing the next sheep
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28 She looks so peaceful
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29 After crutching the sheep
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30 Loading hay onto the ute
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31 Newborn lamb
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32 Two newborn lambs
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33 Baaaa!
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34 Redback spider. This female has a deadly bite
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35 Redback spider
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36 The dogs pushing the sheep up
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37 Ken shearing sheep
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38 Steve's attempt at shearing