Trevor Kearns has been shearing in the Ballarat region and beyond since 1969

Caleb Cluff
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:39am, first published May 13 2019 - 4:00pm
Fifty years: Trevor Kearns tackles yet another sheep. He's shorn well over a million. Picture: Lachlan Bence.
Fifty years: Trevor Kearns tackles yet another sheep. He's shorn well over a million. Picture: Lachlan Bence.

It's hard to describe the smell of a shearing shed to someone who's never stepped inside one: the prominent sweet tang of lanolin mixed with the rich pungency of sheep manure and sweat; the odour of ground metal from sharpened combs and cutters and the waft of oil from hydraulic presses and overhead gear.

Caleb Cluff

Caleb Cluff

Senior Journalist, The Courier

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