No dags for the main drag

 Sheep running down the main drag?! It was kind of weird but I liked it. Merriwa (pronounced merry-war), in the Upper Hunter Valley, hosts  Festival of the Fleeces every year to celebrate everything lamb.

 

 In fact the festival is mainly focused on 200 odd  lambs sporting red socks running down the main street. Surprisingly, this peculiar parade works.  

 I did feel kind of guilty as I inhaled my minty lamb and gravy roll while loveable lambs  ran down the main street, but you know, when in rome.

Following the sheep were the local school kids, also dressed up as sheep.
 

 Then of course was the parade of tractors and old school cars, most drivers dressed up as, you guessed it… sheep!

 

On crowd control for the day was Councillor Ron Campbell who invited me out to his property to learn more about the local farming industry.  An update on their beef and lamb property 'Woodlands' to be posted later this week.