As the weather begins to cool and you turn to your warm wool clothing, you may not be aware that the piece of wool on your back was shorn by a shrinking workforce.has prompted many mature workers to step up and help Australia's desperate wool producers, but it is also leading some young people to consider a career in the notoriously tough industry.
"One day I would like to own sheep, and just to learn how to crutch and clean up the back of a sheep is good. After watching Australia's pool of shearers dry up over the decades, he was excited to see some young, keen, faces.Mr Thompson believed training schools were helping to attract people to the industry but more needed to be done to retain shearers for the long-term.
I hope they do. But it's bloody hard work and I don't like the odds of them staying the course.
Need a good strong back to do that. Sheep shearing.