Lachie McGugan

At 25, Lachie (IG: lachie_Macgugan) has been shearing for four years, travelling across Australia and through some pretty rough properties lacking basics like running water

Lachie and his family — parents Duncan and Sue, and brother Jamie, 23 — have farms in Victoria’s Western District, running super fine Merinos and cattle over 1390ha on two properties.

He took a gap year, then went to Melbourne and studied events management for a year and spent another year or so working in bars. Realising the regions was his calling to end up back on the land and in the shearing shed on the daily.

Lachie has recently reached his goal of 400 sheep in a day, with the ambitious target this year’s aspiration.