Flash flood near Broken Hill and click go the shears for Nick

John Ellicott
Updated January 16 2020 - 12:57pm, first published 9:58am
Off with the beard, after woolgrower (or beardgrower?) Nick Andrews vowed he'd cut it as soon as more than an inch fell at his family's station east of Broken Hill. And guess what ? It rained yesterday with 35mm after 21 months of little rain.
Off with the beard, after woolgrower (or beardgrower?) Nick Andrews vowed he'd cut it as soon as more than an inch fell at his family's station east of Broken Hill. And guess what ? It rained yesterday with 35mm after 21 months of little rain.

The rain was a huge boost to some stations in the NSW Far West on Wednesday, but east of Broken Hill they were also celebrating the end of woolgrower Nick Andrews' beard.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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