Sheep have always played a very important role in my family going back as far back as records go, I grew up being mesmerised by my mothers spinning wheel and how it took fleece from a sheep's back and before my eyes turned it in to jumper ready yarn. Mum was always a big believer in wool not just because it was an organic self replacing product but because of the incredible qaulity of the natural product for insulation and clothing. Dad on the other hand was a sheep grazier due to the multi-tasking abilities of sheep, their wool growing, meat production and land clearing talents kept them in favour right up untill the drought of the early 1990's. It was this same belief in the woolly critter which allowed Australia to ride on the sheeps back for well over a century and encourage the developement of the dry interior.