Landline 170313 Ducks on the Pond

In days past, when a woman entered a shearing shed, the blokes would call out, "Ducks on the pond." It was a cryptic warning to the other shearers that they should clean up their act and watch their language. How times have changed. Last weekend, an entire team of female shearers and wool handlers worked a shift at one of Victoria's oldest wool sheds.