January is crutching time on our merino sheep husbandry timetable. That’s removing the wool from around their eyes (so they’re not ‘wool blind’), their bum (so the poo doesn’t cling, attracting blow flies) and for the guys, their pizzle (aka their old fella, also to stop blowfly strike). The crutching team work their way through our sheep once the fellas get them to the yards, and we take over again post haircut. The weather has been pleasantly cool thus far, a far cry from last summer!
Daniel Swane Marissa Mancera Swane
Hi Liz, tell Gary, Tom and the boys to leave their gear out. My crew hopefully all up for this years races and most will need a touch up around the flue, eyes and almost certainly the pizzle by August! Love your stories about the rains, the cooler weather and the gentle river flow. Happy NY to you all and we all missed the races so badly this year!! Hope to see you in Aug. BC
My late Dad was a shearer for 40 yrs in outback NSW and QLD
A lot of loose pizzles hanging around there..!!
Glad I’m not a sheep 😱
I thought it was just bottoms! A big job.
Great photo
You say it so nicely Lis...😆
Mmmmmmm. Pelora? Flash shed!
I did shearing in my early days.
Are you shearing tomorrow? I’m in Bourke I’ll spin out that way tomorrow
Nice shot Liz - could almost inspire Polly 😊
Do what it takes Liz- your flock are gold now🤣
Who owns the chopper?
The water is well and truly on its way downstream with a nice flow going past us now.
Looks beautiful to see all that water going down the river just great to see
You know it will come sooner or later Liz, but sooner is better.
Reduce the ridiculous amount taken further upstream and there'd be more going further downstream
But apparently it’s not going to reach Menindee!!!!
Great news 💦💦
Good A
Awesome
Great 👍
Great sight
Wonderful news. Maybe more to come hopefully.
Wonderfull
Wonderful wonderful water!!
Awesome. Just what you need
Great to hear
👌yay!
Adam Bambrick it’s getting closer
The flow coming down the river at present has produced ideal conditions for the release of 100,000 Cod and Yellowbelly fingerlings, good news for anglers!
How do I go about doing this or how can I start fund raising to re stockfish stock in walgett
Paul Flitcroft
Lochie Forge 🐟🐟
Joshua Hutchins
John Craig
Vince
Jake Mooney
Great news... the water and the fingerlings !! Thanks for the update
Wow- amazing job guys- my Dad was the founder of Restocking of Murray Cod in the Warrego River at Cunnamulla in the 90’s
Fabulous.
Thats great.
Well done.
Dust storms are the absolute pits, but isn’t this a stunning pic, taken today at Mt Gipps Station Stay - north of Broken Hill.#duststorm
#drought
#notoveryet
#farwestnsw
Must be pretty dry somewhere.
I remember when l was three years old we lived at Roto NSW a dust storm came up & everything got darker, mum took me into the bedroom and pushed me under the bed, scared shit outta me, that’s probably why l still remember 82 years later.👍
We have high wind warnings here for the next couple of days!
Beautiful but not so good
Beautiful photo 💕
Gonna be 36 here 😝
Wow
Awesome..
Totally agree!! Hate them but gorgeous photo!
Nice
Wow!
Amazing