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Woolly sentinels crowd the rusty-earth paddock, a dense sea of Merino fleece stretching across the livestock yards. Hundreds of sheep stand tightly packed, their creamy-beige wool creating a textural landscape of curls and waves under the soft, cloud-strewn sky of rural New South Wales. A solitary figure in a vibrant pink jacket stands on the wooden walkway above the yards, overseeing the flock with a calm, practiced gaze that speaks to generations of pastoral expertise. The surrounding landscape reveals the typical expansiveness of an Australian sheep station - sparse grasslands, distant grey farm buildings, and a lone green tree breaking the horizontal lines of the horizon. Each sheep bears the robust, compact form characteristic of the Merino breed, their dense fleeces a testament to generations of careful breeding and management. The scene captures the quiet rhythm of agricultural life - a moment of collected stillness before the next phase of farm work begins.