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Woolly Merino sheep pack tightly into metal yard pens on a golden mid-morning wheat belt landscape, casting dense shadows under brilliant West Australian sunlight. Two agricultural workers stand sentinel among the flock, dressed in practical workwear - one in a high-visibility yellow and blue striped shirt, the other in classic blue denim. The drafting yards represent a critical moment in sheep management, where animals are carefully sorted and selected for various purposes - breeding, wool production, or market sale. Rolling paddocks of eucalyptus-studded grasslands stretch into the background, revealing the quintessential rural Western Australian terrain with its gentle undulations and scattered tree lines. The sheep themselves are a testament to generations of careful breeding - dense, fine-wooled Merinos with uniform cream-colored fleeces that speak to the region's world-renowned wool industry. Every element of the scene communicates efficiency, expertise, and the quiet rhythm of agricultural life in one of Australia's most productive sheep-farming regions.