The gardens smelt absolutely amazing with all the lavender plants there.
"Wyreema " Kelpie Stud was our next stop to visit Gordie McMaster and his dogs. The stud was established in 1882 and is the oldest stud of it's kind in the world.
This is Seanie, Gordon's best dog and one of the top sire's in Australia. We watched Seanie work and he showed us just how intelligent he is - it was amazing to watch!
The homes of Gordie's dogs - under the shade of ancient pepper trees - perfect!!
Gordie ready to show us a demonstration of his beautiful, intelligent dogs.
Our next stop was Shear Outback at Hay to take a look at the history of shearing in Australia. I think these sheep are fake??!!
Blade shear and hand piece display at Shear Outback. 
Kim, Jan, Me, Wendy, Carol, and Barb at the famous Peppin Merino at Wanganella, near Deniliquin - Anne is taking the photo. 
We were very lucky to visit North Tuppal shearing shed where a recent re-enactment of the famous Tom Roberts painting "Shearing of the Rams" took place. The manager of the property, Bernard showed us around and gave us the history of this famous shed.
The catching pens behind the board.
This is the 72 stand board measuring a staggering 88 metres long!
Bernard, the manager giving us some history around one of the wool tables.
This is the massive wool room with the original Humble woolpress.
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