One of the great things about farming is that anyone can lend a hand and
feel useful. Whatever the activity – burning a field, moving a flock of sheep,
ploughing a paddock, picking up rocks, chewing the fat, making smoko
– there is always an essential job that can be accomplished by any man,
woman or child who shows willing on the day.
I owe many thanks to Paul Thompson, Gary Martin, Anne Walton, Peter
Dameon, Emma Foulkes-Taylor, Heath Nixon, Vic Forrester, Colin McCartney
and sons, Craig and Lewis Burnett, Tracy Waugh, Libby Rowland, Rox Grant,
Tina Mulks, Claire Heelan, Christiane and Tomas, Maree Lewis, and all those
people who answered my questions about farming, growing and agriculture,
including Paul Mitchell, Greg Brennan, Glen Macklin, Gary McCaugh, Christine
Zaicou-Kunesch, Robyn Neeson and everyone else.
Special thanks to Geoff Sherlock, Bill Kerr and the O’Brees.
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