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Sheep Shearing Competition

posted 8 years ago by krdement
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According to Wikipedia, a shearer can shear a sheep in 2 to 3 minutes, or in less than 2 minutes in elite competition. If you observe the tallies after the first two shearing sessions, Carmody (Mitchum) and Johnson (Watson) are both shearing at about 2 minutes per sheep - very realistic (if almost elite) times!

Just another great, realistic detail in this great film.

John 3:16

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

It is a nice little portal looking back at an Australia, that at the time, was said to be "riding to prosperity on the sheep's back".🐭