This area is also used for a “chief in the wild” experience, which we will be doing at another location on Sunday.
While at this overlook, our driver told us the story about the logo for the lodge which is an Oar Lock. In the 1800’s when the sheep farmers would bundle and ship their wool back to England, they were paid by the weight of the bundle. So many farmers would put stones in the middle of the bundle which would not be found until they reached England. So the legislature passed a law requiring all bundles to be branded so the seller could be identified. But that information did not reach this remote farm until later. In the meantime, when they brought a bundle of wool to the ship to be sold, there was not brand. The ship’s captain noticed the row boat that the farmer had brought the bundle of wool out to the ship on, he took one of the Oar Locks, wiped tar on it and then placed it on the bundle. Since that time that has been the brand and the logo for this lodge.
Next we stopped at a 150-year-old sheep shearing shed. While it was like the one we saw in Lindis, the sheep here are not raised for their wool so the sheering process is not done by hand. Rather they use special electric clippers.
