The Running of the Sheep

Every spring the charming little town of Boorowa (in New South Wales about 80 miles from Canberra) has an annual Irish Woolfest, to celebrate the winter harvest of wool. They have all the fun things - good food, crafts, bagpipes and dancers, beer, sausage sizzles.

And they have the Running of the Sheep, Boorowa's answer to Pamplona's Running of the Bulls.

All played strictly for laughs, of course. The annnouncer went on and on about how one person injured last year was still in the hospital. I suspect that is a slight exaggeration.

But it was still pretty fun and funny. They fenced off the main street in Boorowa, brought in 150 sheep, and had a couple of herding dogs herd them down the street. It wasn't exactly blindingly quick - the sheep prefer to huddle, all trying to get to the middle away from those annoying dogs. Then one sets off and the rest follow. All very fun!