Mesmerising drone footage shows 1400 sheep being herded through small Aussie town
Mesmerising drone footage shows the fascinating moment more than 1000 sheep are herded through a tiny regional town.
Mesmerising drone footage shows more than 1000 sheep being herded through a small town in regional Victoria.
The footage, taken by sheep farmer Ben Weir, shows the massive herd being guided by five working dogs and a horse through the main drag of Bealiba, about an hour’s drive from Bendigo in north west Victoria.
The group of 1400 were on a journey to better pastures, Weir tweeted earlier this month, with some hearty barley stubble ready for the munching some 20km north.
The expedition was a success if not for some garden greenery that may have been bruised along the way.
“Just sad about sacrificing a couple of plants in there (sic) garden,” Weir wrote on Facebook, where he had earlier shared the video.
No ewe-turns either on this journey.
“Why not turn left and stop at the pub?” Tony Leigh wrote on Facebook.
“Density limit won’t allow,” Weir quipped.
The 2016 Census shows there were 206 people in Bealiba, meaning sheep likely outnumbered people more than six times on the day they wandered through.
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