Once it's off the sheep, Molly Tapuke (left) and Amy Ferguson make sure there is nothing caught in the wool before it goes to the next stage.
Rousie Amy Ferguson throws up a merino fleece to prepare it to be laid out to be sorted. PHOTO: ELLA STOKES
Tyson Crown starts on one of the many sheep to be shorn throughout the day.
The whine of the electric hand-piece will be heard from many shearing shed throughout the country as the days begin to heat up.
Last week, reporter Ella Stokes stopped in at William and Emily Jones' property, Matarae Station, where members of the Peter Lyon Shearing gang were working.
