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"But you just have to stay optimistic, costs are going up, but that's the same for every industry … you can make a living out of this by making smart breeding and management decisions."

A little girl in red cap sits beside a wool fleece.

"I've always grown up around wool — we've always been in the shearing sheds and the yards, rustling around in the back of Dad's old utes, fumbling around, playing in trees, playing in troughs, always a part of the industry,"
she said.

A woman in a broad brimmed hat and white shirt stands in front of merino sheep.

"And I want younger people to be more interested and they are starting to be, which is wonderful."

A woman pulls apart the wool on a sheep with her hands.

A young man stands beside a clip of wool.

"Really in my lifetime I haven't seen a good wool market compared to generations before me, so for me it's pure passion and a little bit of hope,"
Mr Dawson said.

A mob of sheep in a yard.

A young man kneels with two dogs,  in front of  a yard full of sheep.

A man in a green long-sleeved shirt stands near a pile of wool.

"We're very positive and are here for the long term."
different coloured merino jumpers and jackets hanging on a rack

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