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move to take over the management of camping along the station's pristine coastline. The Lefroy family, who have held the lease on the station for over 70 years, were shocked at only being given five days to hand over management of its camp-sites. The state government also plans to extend its removal
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over a period of 25 days. Although water was only available every second day only a dozen sheep were lost and the flock reached the port in excellent condition. Later the same year 10,100 sheep were shorn at the station, yielding 175 bales of wool; 3,000 lambs were also shorn, yielding an additional
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that were landed in May. Fire broke out at the station early in
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The station had good falls of rain in 1927 and the country was reported as looking the best for five years, with good feed available. In all 9 in (229 mm) of rain fell between March and July, but shearing was expected to be poor with only 1000 lambs around due to the poor conditions from
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