{"id":40835,"date":"2019-03-20T12:17:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T01:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=40835"},"modified":"2022-05-02T12:26:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T02:26:02","slug":"politics-can-wait-theres-shearing-to-be-done-malleeray-takes-a-break-from-the-campaign-trail-malleevotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/politics-can-wait-theres-shearing-to-be-done-malleeray-takes-a-break-from-the-campaign-trail-malleevotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics can wait, there&#8217;s shearing to be done as @malleeray takes a break from the #malleevotes campaign: @Davelennonabc on the trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mullet-lamb-2.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40848\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Business at the front, party at the back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>The Ballet of the Shearing Shed&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to get these shots, it was my first visit to a shearing shed since I was a teenager and three things struck me: it was hot, it was busy and everyone knew their roles in a comparatively small space, moving with surprising speed and agility to get the job done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was like a ballet and if someone hasn&#8217;t done it already there&#8217;s a show just waiting for a choreographer in our shearing sheds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-40835-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/archive.nofibs.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/sheep-wait.jpg?fit=1024%2C455\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;40838&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Penned Sheep&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This is old tech but it works.  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