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Big turnout for charity shearing day

By Geoff Adams

Jul 28, 2024

It wasn’t just the men bending their backs for charity at Bill Barlow’s shearing shed at Wanalta on Friday. Marnie Ross from Bendigo has been shearing full-time for two years. Having worked as a rouseabout for many years, she decided she needed a challenge and wanted to earn more money. She says the right gear and the right attitude contribute to success.

Hundreds of people supported the Shearing for Kids with Cancer fundraising day at the Wanalta shearing shed of Bill Barlow on Friday, July 26.

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Shearers gave up their time to make a contribution to the charity raising money for kids with cancer.

What started with just the shearing 10 years ago, has turned into a mini carnival with food, games, face painting, stalls, a wood auction and a huge open fire to keep everyone warm.

Co-ordinator Katrina Ogden said the event had been well supported by the shearing fraternity and the wider community, so they hoped to raise more than $60,000 this year, which would be channelled through the My Room Children’s Cancer Charity.

Bill Barlow’s shearing shed was pretty well crammed full of spectators keen to see the shearing.