Close-knit New England family’s superfine story

By Stephen Burns
Updated August 28 2017 - 10:29am, first published 6:00am
Another generation in the woolshed at Cairnie, Walcha - Jock Fletcher with his children, Grace and Angus, Ross Fletcher and Warwick Fletcher with his grandson, Fletcher Pendelton, son of Warwick's daughter Holly.
Another generation in the woolshed at Cairnie, Walcha - Jock Fletcher with his children, Grace and Angus, Ross Fletcher and Warwick Fletcher with his grandson, Fletcher Pendelton, son of Warwick's daughter Holly.

Returning to the family property is never a forgone conclusion for the younger generation, but the pull can be strong, especially for a family which has had an unbroken connection with the land and Merino sheep for 150 years.

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