Brothers, Josh and Jackson McCahon, are wasting little time in making their way into farming.
The pair from central Victoria, followed their father David into shearing, and have now taken on the lease of nearly 160 hectares of land in Moliagal in June this year.
Josh McCahon said the opportunity to lease land and buy their own sheep was too good to pass up.
"I've always wanted to get into farming. I was brought up in it and we didn't want to miss the opportunity to lease land," Josh said.
It's been a year of firsts with the lease of the land, buying their first sheep and buying their first rams.
Land owners of the majority of the leased land, Stan and Mavis Shea, were pleased to be able to give the pair a chance to get into farming.
The Sheas were "really good people who give us the benefit of the doubt", Josh said.
The pair have also been helped by their agent, James Nevins, of FP Nevins, Inglewood, with the sheep purchasing and their father at Michell Wool were they sell their wool.
Josh said the agent had give them a chance - "to give us a crack".
"It's half the battle trying to get a start. Once you're in the door it's not too bad but it's the start where young people struggle," he said.
"Everybody makes mistakes - it's a steep learning curve," he said.
Josh said they usually made their decisions over a chat.
"You can't sit around and ponder for long you'll miss the opportunity," he said.
"There's a bit of banter, but we get on pretty well," he said.
The sheep from the Sheas have since been culled and a further 740 young Merino ewes purchased recently.
Jackson said they were looking for rams with good wool quality, bold crimp, staple length, good wool cut and good feet and growth weights.
"We were looking for sheep to improve what we already had," he said.
He said they had traveled to inspection days at studs and identified sheep that they wanted.
With the help of father David, they purchased rams from Terrick West, Forest Springs and Sohnic.
Jackson said the newly purchased ewes would be joined to the Merino rams for an autumn lambing.
"We wanted a good line of young ewes and then go from there," he said.
The newly purchased sheep were Lewisdale bloood, March shorn, and would form the background for their future breeding plans.
The initial flock they bought had been joined to terminal sires.
Josh said they went into breeding cross bred lambs initially for a quick return.
Josh started shearing about seven years ago and has a best tally of 253.
He has worked from the bottom end of Queensland, into NSW and most areas of Victoria.
Jackson has been in wool sheds for five years and started shearing about two-and-a-haff years ago.
"As of last week my best tally is now 202 as of last week," he said.
Brother Josh said "about time he had a go".