highest quality wool<\/a>. On shearing days, she\u2019s the first in the shed, ensuring everything meets her exacting standards. She believes her attention to detail as a woman, from stock presentation to the condition of the yards, helps set her apart.<\/p>\n![\"Fiona]()
Fiona is committed to producing the highest quality wool. Photo \/ Katherine Edmond<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were people who thought I should be on a lifestyle block or townhouse, which was pretty harsh, but now I\u2019m getting wool awards and getting recognised,\u201d shares Fiona. \u201cI\u2019ve learned to have more confidence, to believe in myself and not to listen to naysayers or the voices that doubt you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The exceptional standard of her lamb wool even caught the attention of Auckland-based textile marketing company Maxwell Rodgers, which now uses Fiona\u2019s fleeces to create blankets for Viking cruise ships.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s pretty amazing and special that our wool is travelling around the world,\u201d she smiles proudly.<\/p>\n
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In her rare free time, Fiona creates custom cushions to sell at local fairs and has also transformed the old shearers\u2019 quarters into the Coast Road Backpackers. Life now is a long way from London, but Fiona has no doubt she made the right decision to come home.<\/p>\n
In fact, so strong is her devotion to the land that she jokes, the only way she\u2019s leaving is in a wool coffin.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere,\u201d she insists. \u201cMy dream is just to keep going and for the farm to be an ongoing legacy for my family.\u201d<\/p>\n
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