What is your trade

[Max Hedges]

Well I stated of as a loveable child, I reckon anyway, coped an odd floggin when I had a bad day though
When I left school at last, I worked around the Yass area on propertys, fencing, sheep work, carting hay etc and at the age of 19 with the help of my parents bought my first farm and started running sheep. To help the income I also learnt to shear, married Kathy sent her out to work until our first child came along at a good weight of 10lb 13oz. In 1980 dad and mum retired and we took over their farm, as the years went on we added more land to both farms until now as we are in the prosess of handing some of the land to the next generation.
In my late 20s I became captain of the local bush fire brigade for 10 years and then became group captain for 10 years and then had 3 years as dept captain and then back to group capt which I still hold. I have been to a number of large fires around NSW with task forces over the years.In my younger years we bought a f15a and set it up as a fire truck and so began the love of old blitzs and the challenge of chasing bush fires, ah the stories that old girl could tell
by the way Kathy is back at work to help me live the life of playing with old stuff

Max