It's not often that watching a video can elicit a physical reaction, but every time I watch one of yours, I notice I am actually smiling. Your joy and positivity are infectious - thank you!
“Stay there Trev” is such Kiwi farming lingo. You got in some authentic sheep handling…no surprise you were on the tools! This video is pure gold. Phil has the humour that my father-in-law had up until he retired. It’s hard yakka being a farmer of a small enterprise. 🇳🇿🇳🇿🐑🐑NZ
You forgot to say "Like, Subscribe and Shear this with all your friends!" On the subject of "overdoing" your videos, it's greatly appreciated. You set the gold standard on production quality...every episode is a sure-fire #Wynner!!!
That was a life experience for you. Something that will stick for ever. For us, your viewer, it was one of the most entertaining and fascinating clips you have provided. Keep up the great content. Keep introducing us the people you come across. They quality of content just keeps getting better.
One of the many reasons that I like following your varied and interesting lives, is that you are not afraid to try something new, whether it is Dinghy racing as The Yuppies, learning to sail for the first time in your new house, Shellfish farming or shaving the blunt end of Ewes! Hear of something new to do, formulate a (rough) plan, and just get on with it. Boy, I've missed out on so much over the years, but now I get to live vicariously through you both, Thank you.
So much Fun! I truly enjoyed watching this content..The dogs the sheep the beautiful house.. Happy to see you both in your element in bringing New Zealand Home to us.. Wow! Amazing learning process.. It looks really cold there ..I would have had a blast looking for the gem stones. Happy you have your sweaters to keep you warm... . Stay safe.. Good to see you both! xoxo
It is amazing to watch a good work dog move stock. I live in Central Oregon. We often pass ranchers moving live stock down highways. Just a few people on horses and a couple of good dogs and the stock move down the road is a controlled and safe manor. Keep up the good work, love your videos.
A day late to watch this one. Wow! Who knew sheep herding, shearing, and all is not that glamorous! It is hard work! Great place to land and visit, your host was so gracious. Love the banter, cheer, and total isolation that it exudes at the Southern Tip. Good place to be away from the Maddening Crowd! Thank you, excellent footage, informative video, and smiling is all in for me! Thank you Ewes, for such a remarkable look at this career!?
Back when I was 18/19 I was a Presser in a Shearing Gang (Around the Catlins, South Otago, NZ). Mostly for 3 or 4 shearers, and using that press machine that he was showing you there. Yes it was very hard work, and the bales were easily 160-180kg. Best shed ( or worst depending on sweat) was a nearly 4 day job, 4 shearers doing more than 1200 sheep per day, and I pressed well over 100 bales. I was expected to keep up, and be ready(tidied up) to leave the shed at the end of each day with the boss.
The old man turns 91 this December. Worked at the Canterbury works all his life. Grand father too. Both were wool pressers in their day. As a kid I can remember those old wooden hand cranked presses. When men were men.
So fascinating to watch the dogs working. I wish I could get my pup to listen like that! I really didn’t want this video to end. I think this island is now on my bucket list.
Love it, I work 6 months on a kiwi sheep farm back in the 90s,not far from where you were 😄😄 great great experience . Thanks for sharing with everyone how great is the community and farmers down in Southland 👍👌🙏🏼🙏🏼
"Can you find me a ruby, honey?" "I'm looking for a sapphire!" Can't help but think of the Gen 3 Pokémon games and their Gen VI remakes 😂And I'm sure Kiwis will be teaching their children about the great and ancient butt hieroglyphic at Gemstone Beach for generations. While Slope Point is the southernmost point of the South Island, it's not the southernmost point in the whole country. That title goes to Jacquemart Island which is over 661 km/410 miles from Slope Point and is a part of the Campbell Islands. Sheep fun fact, the wild ancestor of the domestic sheep is the mouflon, and they're native to Armenia, Azerbaijan, eastern Turkey, Iran, and Cyprus
Really loved watching the teamwork of the dogs and master. The way the dogs looked to the gentleman for both next command and approval of what they were doing speaks to both their natural talent and what I’m sure is many hours of training. A pleasure to watch.
RE: Working dogs We herded cattle with horses, pickups, tractors, motorcycles, and a dozen people on foot. Always difficult. After I moved out, I got my father an Australian shepherd pup. When that dog grew up -- about a year -- that dog herded those cattle easier and better than we ever did before. Great dog. Second in value only to our watchdog -- a chihuahua mix.
Spending a day on a working farm is a good way to increase your appreciation for your current job, no matter what it is, as long as it isn't farming. I did just enough hoeing gardens, watering pigs, gathering eggs, and putting up hay as a teen to really appreciate working indoors as an engineer, no matter how nice it might be outside on any given day.
Loved this video. Bought back soo many memories and emotions. Reality in its rawest form, no script, no orchestrating of what happens in the real world. Well done for a beautiful video. Thank you. This is farm life.
The sheep Farmer's Life is not easy. If a person was afraid of work that would not be the vocation to choose. Thank you for the video. Keep having fun. 🐑
Glad you got down south and on a farm. Great experience for you guys. I love how the southerners are so down to earth folk. I loved your description/comparison of dagging the sheep. I will never think of it the same again.
What a terrific way to show us the Real workings of a small sheep farmer! Loved where you got to stay during this adventure. It looks really nice and comfortable.
I live in Austin Tx now, but my parents are from this part of the world. They met in Invercargill and I still have uncles and aunties there. My in-laws are in Nelson. And I was born in Nth Island… Tauranga. Miss NZ terribly… best lifestyle in the world… but it is soooo remote and being an island cost of living is high compared to USA
Your adventures have taken us to the most amazing places! We get to experience (from a distance) the people of so many places and enjoy watching you try new things. Thanks for taking us along!
Love Sunday morning coffee with the Wynn's. Thanks for making us part of the continued adventures. You 2 are amazeball humans. Love and light from the East Coast of Canada♥
It's actually a genius idea for an adventurer to buy a cool place, one you'd like to retire in would be smart, then airbnb it while you travel, block out any days you want to be at home base, then hit the road again and when the day comes that you want to retire, you've already got a home, fully paid for after all the airbnbs ready to plant a garden and enjoy. As housing costs will just continue to escalate, it would be wise to buy now.
..... seeing how different industries work is always interesting. Farming in particular is so different depending on size from the farmer that works a day job to make ends meet and the slightly larger where the family runs the farm solo and then there are the huge factory farms that employ staff ... the huge dairy operations are mind boggling .... you sure lucked out I would say to experience this first hand .. growing up between the ages of 9 &13 my family lived in a small farming community in Germany and over the back fence was a farm yard. they did dairy, pigs, as well as ground crops .. spent a lot of time there and it furnished me with lots of great memories .... thx for sharing and the memory jog .. as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ....
To my 2 favorite traveling nerds…you may not mean to be, or want to be, but you are and it is quite endearing. You both always seem so organized and you do things right. I enjoy your videos immensely. Thank you for sharing with all of us.
Oooooooooooo I REALLY liked this one. I like them all of course, but these vids that connect the lives of a skilled worker to the day to day of our own are very important. Too many of today’s Gen are completely uneducated about life and think “food comes from the grocery store”; not a good mentality to live by for many reasons. I believe it’s critical for everyone to understand exactly how that sweater got on our backs or the food on our tables, the shoes on our feet, etc. I believe we gain a greater respect for each other and the planet we share (ALL animals/plants/beings) by gaining such insight and learning how many hands have come together to produce the end product we have and hold. This was fantastic, thank you for sharing the experience.
Back when I left school I worked on the largest sheep station in NZ, it wasn't for me,I certainly loved some aspects of it but if I never see another sheep it will be too soon. This brought back some great memories,including a shearing gang chasing me out of the wool shed in an attempt to shear off my long locks, terror won the day and I left them eating dust!
That was pretty cool. Always wondered why the sheep had paint on them. Haha, that is one fun fact I never thought I would learn from the Wynns. Hope you all are having a good day !
@@maryvancompernolle9544 I think it is organic spray paint, lasts a few weeks. Guessing that it would have to last as long as the Ewe was 'preggers', the teal painted sheep didn't look too pregnant because they will have their lambs last.
So good !! You two are so good at story telling. I grew up in Southland NZ not far from where you were in this episode. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this had a smile on my face the whole time. Just wonderful thank you 👌
I was crowned Miss Golden Shears a long time ago on that same stage you showed in the clip of the shearing competition. A funny, classic kiwi experience. Not easy walking in stilletos on a stage covered in sheep sh..... Lanolin! The stadium lmost completely filled with Farmers and shearers. I've watched you guys for years and its exciting to now see you travel my home country seeing beyond the classic beauty enjoying the realness. . The diversity of our stunning planet is incredible and it's good to see you enjoying NZ. Stay well and safe travels
What a fantastic experience! The most contact I had with sheep in New Zealand was to "guide" some off the road. They were lost/misplaced and had wandered to bit of country road. We managed to get them to some grazing field.
It's good to see you guys again! I was wondering what you two have been up to. Thanks for taking us on another cool adventure! You two are so good with the stories, details, local stuff, etc. you could make a "watching grass grow" vid and it would be fun!
Jason, Nikki. I love the fact you two go ALL IN on your adventures. Thank you so much. Jason you might be overdoing it with the videos? But, That is a trait you should stick with, it really separates you as super professional. Your Videos are so beautiful and makes me feel like I am there with you! Keep up the AWESOME, AMAZING work Guys and know it is really appreciated by your followers!
Well guys, it looks like you're getting a real taste of what the south island is really like. I can't say it looked like fun necessarily but it did look interesting. Keep the good stuff coming guys.
Wow you two are so lucky to visit with so many extraordinary people. What a view and we love the home he has created. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.
Glad you folks got see a slice of kiwi life, something I remember well growing up. It's fascinating how much effort goes into looking after sheep and live stock.
You guys should have a million followers if this RUclips thing was just about quality, seriously you guys bring such creativity and, obviously, curiosity to everything you do it’s really inspiring
Fly strike and foot rot. Two of the reasons I didn’t carry on with the ‘family tradition’. Do I miss it? Yeah? Na, not on your life! 😂😂😂 See ‘ Footrot Flats by Bruce Ball! Amusing cartoons but spot on!
Thank you. These videos of New Zealand are fantastic. Love all the fun and quirky things you find and video. Todays with the sheep is just great. Thank you. Safe travels.
I've shorn sheep... Around 1972. I didn't much care for it, either. "I wouldn't even know what to look for..." Looks like a large pebble of green jasper right there, about 11 inches to the left of your hand at 3:21. It's just to the left of the larger, light gray rock pointing to the 1 o'clock position. As for your incredible video-editing skills: Yes, you might overdo it a bit. The very high quality of your finished edits indicate either a background in studio video production, or at least excellent attention to the details of learning the craft on your own! Thanks for the tip on HomeFX - I downloaded it while watching and will install it and try it out in a minute.
Great video......educational yet not at all boring. It really makes you wonder how these farmers can make a living and keep food on the table. Thank you for another great video.
I grew up using a manual wool press. As a kid it was fun to climb in and trample the wool then crank the press down. The best part was sewing it shut with a giant curved needle and stenciling our farm name on the bale.
My dad was an Aussie shearer, born into the farm life, this took me back to those shearing shed days. I could smell and literally feel the wool, lanolin is great for cracked dry skin. I remember those eyes - of a ram, that bucked me off a fence for laughing, who said sheep were silly. What a funny farmer, honest humble, I bet he gives those dogs treats when no one’s watching! Thanks Nicki and Jason for a muddy, cold weather episode, you did great.. 🐨✨🌿
You should tell your ad sponsors that I am 100% engaged during your ad spots on your channel. You are one of the very few YT channels that i don't fast forward thru when it comes to the sponsor videos. You always have interesting products. I personally have thought about getting into creating a mini channel for family but the software part is daunting.. I plan on trying out the free version of FXhome to give it a whirl to see if its something i enjoy. Cheers.
Great to hear. We are very careful when choosing what sponsors to take on because we want it to be relevant to you. Glad this one was helpful and have fun with that first family video.
I was down in Orepuki in February with beautiful shorts and singlet weather. We didn't find any gemstones, but lots of great looking rocks. The Tavern was a blast. Glad you enjoyed it.
I just checked & I was smiling too! This video was wonderful and reminded me a bit of home… in the armpit of Texas (Lubbock) . Wasn’t your boat tagged in Dallas? We had everything except Sheep, but the whole video just made me so happy and the person commenting about smiling is so right, you guy’s make people happy!
Love seeing a slice of life I am unlikely to experience personally!! Your videos always make me happy!! Thanks again for a beautiful video and for sharing your travels. It is truly amazing how one thing leads to another. ❤️
It maybe sheep sh-t to you but it's lovely lambs to us! What an incredible experience! From the sapphire beach, to a windswept landscape, to pasturing sheep with incredulous sheepdogs to shorn backsides and all at the end of the world....well sorta. You had a well deserved shoeless beer at the end of it. Your curiosity takes you to such wonderfully different places. Un abbraccio forte a due.
OMG THIS VIDEO TO ME IS LIKE LOOKING INTO BIBLICAL TIMES THE LAND, THE BEAUTIFUL SHEEP, THE DOMAIN EXCERCISED WITH MAN DIRECTING AND CARING FOR THE ANIMALS AND WHAT THEY PROVIDE OTHER THAN WHEN YOU GUYS WERE IN THE OCEAN COMMUNICATING WITH A HUGE MOTHER WHALE AND HER BABY, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS I HAVE SEEN. NEW ZEALAND LOOKS AMAZING AND CLEAN AND THE SHEEP AND THE FARMING THAT LOOKS SO HUMANE AND HAPPY IS LIKE LOOKING INTO PAGES OF BIBLICAL TIMES 😍
This is a bit of a lateral share to your video, so be a bit patient, please. As a lifelong fan of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings book trilogy, I of course saw all 3 movies on opening day. I am also a fibers hand crafter, as I sew both by machine and hand, knit, crochet, macrame, etc. There is a scene in both the books and the 1st movie where, as the Fellowship is leaving Lothlorien to continue their quest, the elf queen Galadriel gifts the members of the Fellowship with cloaks made of wool woven by her handmaidens and which have never before been given to other than the elves of Lothlorien. The cloaks are described in the books as light and supple, yet amazingly warm. There is a bit of symbolism in the gifting of the cloaks as binding both the members of the Fellowship to each other but also as binding the elves of Lothlorien to the members of the Fellowship and their quest. So I was especially interested to see how these special cloaks were depicted in the films. I was not disappointed. They are indeed light and supple, and have a very, very different weave to the fabric. After seeing this in the films, I did some research and found that the director of the films, Peter Jackson, a New Zealander, had searched all over his home nation for the perfect fabric and found a small sheep farm that raised a very special breed of sheep and also had imported very old industrial looms from England that also came with instructions (?) that programed the looms for specific weave patterns. Knowing the looms require yarn to weave fabric from, and being very interested in getting my hands of some of this special wool, I contacted the farm and was eventually able to buy myself one of the smallest "cones" they use to feed the looms with. I used the wool to knit myself a gorgeous winter cap, using 3 plys of the yarn per stitch. I still had hundreds of yards of the wool left over, so tackled a truly horrendous project of knitting myself a knee-length lace shawl. Anyway, the tie in to this video is that, while I don't remember the name of the small farm, I do remember it's on the South Island and that it would not be difficult to find the name. The films focused a lot of attention on the farm and as a result they built cabins for visitors. What's really interesting is the history of the special breed of sheep they raise and of the huge looms they use to weave their wool into fabric. I think both you and your viewers may find a visit to the farm very informative, regardless of the farm's connection to the LOTR films...
👍🤩💝Sheep sheering is a definitely a thing. As if I have nothing better to do, I found myself watching a girl on RUclips who goes around to farms in the USA to sheer sheep. 😂💝
Oh my gosh, I (Val) am late getting caught up; didn't think I cared a whit about sheep farming. But apparently I DO, judging from the warmth in my heart after watching these farmers with those dogs and their little Dollies. I care a LOT! Who knew? Seriously one of my favorite videos of yours ever, and maybe 3rd place behind "night-time shark frenzy" and the "We-made-it-across-the-Pacific" videos. It was surprising and awesome. Now I want to visit a Kiwi sheep farm, asap! Thanks, guys!
Nice 1:24 It's not close to Antarctica, but feels like it for sure. It's at about 46 South, about half way between the pole and the equator. I grew up as a sheep farmer in Southland. We had around 10 thousand sheep, and I was a presser in my holidays. I am now an economist living in Europe, so just for your information, New Zealand's agriculture (about the only country in the world) is Government support free (free trade) but we are restricted into almost all markets in the world, including the US and the particularly the EU. NZ feeds around 40 million people, and Southland, East of Orepuki, is some of the most productive land in the world. It grows, as seen, grass in the winter, so no indoor wintering of stock.
Great video. It's difficult for wool to compete with all the synthetic fibres, particularly as population has exploded in the last century alone. Your 'wool o graphic' should be in more clothes stores.
LOVED this!! Learned stuff about sheep shearing that I had no idea even happened, and watching the herding process and the communication with the dogs was fascinating! Your hosts were wonderful. This is one of my favorite videos you have done - and the hubs and I have been following you since RV days! We admire your camera work, editing, and music. It's always excellent, but there was something special about this particular video. Well done! Watching your videos always perks up my spirits and inspires me. Thank you!
Wait until you encounter the sheep ship. It is the ship used to transport live sheep from Australia and New Zealand to the Arabian Gulf states (e.g., Qatar, Saudi Arabia). If you end up downwind from it, your wish for electric drive will be rapidly replaced with the desire for a few thousand horsepower and a top speed of 250 knots.
Thanks for another great Sunday morning coffee time, I hope on your travels you find time to root around some marinas, builders, gear manufactures you are near. Keep one pinky toe in the water.
There is a sheep dog trials competition here in NZ where farmers work with their dogs to get some sheep into a fenced off area. Sounds easy right? there might be something on YT from past competitions. It used to be on Prime-Time TV at one point! search YT for "A dogs show". But its great you got to get involved a bit of rural life :-) Looks like you really enjoyed it!
Watching you both working with walking clouds was awesome! Also I can't believe you didn't go explore that cool copse of trees that matched Jason's hair! BTW, any updates on the HH44, Curiosity II? To all of the newbs who want to start a video editing, remember, Jason is a PRO, he can do the most amazing shots I have ever seen! Thank you Jason for bringing your A game and thank you Niki for the A game with EVERYTHING you do! You both are AMAZING!!! Hope you are well and happy :) Better than a TV Series.
It's not often that watching a video can elicit a physical reaction, but every time I watch one of yours, I notice I am actually smiling. Your joy and positivity are infectious - thank you!
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When making my own vids I often reference the Wynns past vids for inpiration... like you said, totally infectious and joyful. Good comment Brett!
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Same here! Was just thinking the same thing as my cheeks ached from smiling! 😊
Beautifully made production. The farmer is the real deal too. I’m a kiwi and that’s the best sheep farming reel that I’ve ever seen!!!
“Stay there Trev” is such Kiwi farming lingo.
You got in some authentic sheep handling…no surprise you were on the tools! This video is pure gold.
Phil has the humour that my father-in-law had up until he retired. It’s hard yakka being a farmer of a small enterprise. 🇳🇿🇳🇿🐑🐑NZ
Big Shout out to the Farmers who allowed you to film the entire process!! What an amazing set of People! Greetings from Germany!
You forgot to say "Like, Subscribe and Shear this with all your friends!" On the subject of "overdoing" your videos, it's greatly appreciated. You set the gold standard on production quality...every episode is a sure-fire #Wynner!!!
I agree, after your Videos I have a jaundiced eye at amateur productions and I will point out their short-comings. Based on my Wynn experiences! 😁😘🥶🐑🐏
The dogs were pretty amazing. "Jeanette's the actual farmer, I do what I'm told" lol. Words of a happy man.
That was a life experience for you. Something that will stick for ever. For us, your viewer, it was one of the most entertaining and fascinating clips you have provided. Keep up the great content. Keep introducing us the people you come across. They quality of content just keeps getting better.
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Boat or no boat you guys are always a blast to watch!! You are truly enjoying this world!!
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One of the many reasons that I like following your varied and interesting lives, is that you are not afraid to try something new, whether it is Dinghy racing as The Yuppies, learning to sail for the first time in your new house, Shellfish farming or shaving the blunt end of Ewes! Hear of something new to do, formulate a (rough) plan, and just get on with it. Boy, I've missed out on so much over the years, but now I get to live vicariously through you both, Thank you.
So much Fun! I truly enjoyed watching this content..The dogs the sheep the beautiful house.. Happy to see you both in your element in bringing New Zealand Home to us.. Wow! Amazing learning process.. It looks really cold there ..I would have had a blast looking for the gem stones. Happy you have your sweaters to keep you warm... . Stay safe.. Good to see you both! xoxo
It is amazing to watch a good work dog move stock. I live in Central Oregon. We often pass ranchers moving live stock down highways. Just a few people on horses and a couple of good dogs and the stock move down the road is a controlled and safe manor. Keep up the good work, love your videos.
A day late to watch this one. Wow! Who knew sheep herding, shearing, and all is not that glamorous! It is hard work! Great place to land and visit, your host was so gracious. Love the banter, cheer, and total isolation that it exudes at the Southern Tip. Good place to be away from the Maddening Crowd! Thank you, excellent footage, informative video, and smiling is all in for me! Thank you Ewes, for such a remarkable look at this career!?
Back when I was 18/19 I was a Presser in a Shearing Gang (Around the Catlins, South Otago, NZ). Mostly for 3 or 4 shearers, and using that press machine that he was showing you there. Yes it was very hard work, and the bales were easily 160-180kg. Best shed ( or worst depending on sweat) was a nearly 4 day job, 4 shearers doing more than 1200 sheep per day, and I pressed well over 100 bales. I was expected to keep up, and be ready(tidied up) to leave the shed at the end of each day with the boss.
Very accurate description of the pressers job.
The old man turns 91 this December. Worked at the Canterbury works all his life. Grand father too. Both were wool pressers in their day. As a kid I can remember those old wooden hand cranked presses. When men were men.
So fascinating to watch the dogs working. I wish I could get my pup to listen like that! I really didn’t want this video to end. I think this island is now on my bucket list.
Love it, I work 6 months on a kiwi sheep farm back in the 90s,not far from where you were 😄😄 great great experience . Thanks for sharing with everyone how great is the community and farmers down in Southland 👍👌🙏🏼🙏🏼
@gone with the wynns has one of the NICEST communities on YT
"Can you find me a ruby, honey?"
"I'm looking for a sapphire!"
Can't help but think of the Gen 3 Pokémon games and their Gen VI remakes 😂And I'm sure Kiwis will be teaching their children about the great and ancient butt hieroglyphic at Gemstone Beach for generations. While Slope Point is the southernmost point of the South Island, it's not the southernmost point in the whole country. That title goes to Jacquemart Island which is over 661 km/410 miles from Slope Point and is a part of the Campbell Islands. Sheep fun fact, the wild ancestor of the domestic sheep is the mouflon, and they're native to Armenia, Azerbaijan, eastern Turkey, Iran, and Cyprus
Really loved watching the teamwork of the dogs and master.
The way the dogs looked to the gentleman for both next command and approval of what they were doing speaks to both their natural talent and what I’m sure is many hours of training.
A pleasure to watch.
RE: Working dogs
We herded cattle with horses, pickups, tractors, motorcycles, and a dozen people on foot. Always difficult. After I moved out, I got my father an Australian shepherd pup. When that dog grew up -- about a year -- that dog herded those cattle easier and better than we ever did before. Great dog. Second in value only to our watchdog -- a chihuahua mix.
Spending a day on a working farm is a good way to increase your appreciation for your current job, no matter what it is, as long as it isn't farming. I did just enough hoeing gardens, watering pigs, gathering eggs, and putting up hay as a teen to really appreciate working indoors as an engineer, no matter how nice it might be outside on any given day.
Loved this video. Bought back soo many memories and emotions. Reality in its rawest form, no script, no orchestrating of what happens in the real world. Well done for a beautiful video. Thank you. This is farm life.
The sheep Farmer's Life is not easy. If a person was afraid of work that would not be the vocation to choose. Thank you for the video. Keep having fun. 🐑
Glad you got down south and on a farm. Great experience for you guys. I love how the southerners are so down to earth folk. I loved your description/comparison of dagging the sheep. I will never think of it the same again.
We thoroughly enjoy all your travels...
We truly do look forward to seeing you each week...
What a terrific way to show us the Real workings of a small sheep farmer! Loved where you got to stay during this adventure. It looks really nice and comfortable.
Speaking as a geoscientist, if you like a "rock" choose it and don't let the value other people put on it sway you. Those all looked cool!
I live in Austin Tx now, but my parents are from this part of the world. They met in Invercargill and I still have uncles and aunties there. My in-laws are in Nelson. And I was born in Nth Island… Tauranga. Miss NZ terribly… best lifestyle in the world… but it is soooo remote and being an island cost of living is high compared to USA
Remote!! A definite plus... keeps most of the riff raff out
We missed you! But personal down time is most important. Keep taking care of each other , those you meet and your expeditions!
The photography is a given. You two can tell a STORY! Hey, Nat Geo, are you paying attention?!?
Your adventures have taken us to the most amazing places! We get to experience (from a distance) the people of so many places and enjoy watching you try new things. Thanks for taking us along!
Hello 👋 how’re you doing??
Love Sunday morning coffee with the Wynn's. Thanks for making us part of the continued adventures. You 2 are amazeball humans.
Love and light from the East Coast of Canada♥
Always look forward to their new videos 🐑
How is your Mom?Will you all meet up at any point in time?
It's actually a genius idea for an adventurer to buy a cool place, one you'd like to retire in would be smart, then airbnb it while you travel, block out any days you want to be at home base, then hit the road again and when the day comes that you want to retire, you've already got a home, fully paid for after all the airbnbs ready to plant a garden and enjoy. As housing costs will just continue to escalate, it would be wise to buy now.
..... seeing how different industries work is always interesting. Farming in particular is so different depending on size from the farmer that works a day job to make ends meet and the slightly larger where the family runs the farm solo and then there are the huge factory farms that employ staff ... the huge dairy operations are mind boggling .... you sure lucked out I would say to experience this first hand .. growing up between the ages of 9 &13 my family lived in a small farming community in Germany and over the back fence was a farm yard. they did dairy, pigs, as well as ground crops .. spent a lot of time there and it furnished me with lots of great memories .... thx for sharing and the memory jog .. as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ....
Learned a lot. Love watching the sheep dogs work the herd. Many thanks!
To my 2 favorite traveling nerds…you may not mean to be, or want to be, but you are and it is quite endearing. You both always seem so organized and you do things right. I enjoy your videos immensely. Thank you for sharing with all of us.
Oooooooooooo I REALLY liked this one. I like them all of course, but these vids that connect the lives of a skilled worker to the day to day of our own are very important. Too many of today’s Gen are completely uneducated about life and think “food comes from the grocery store”; not a good mentality to live by for many reasons. I believe it’s critical for everyone to understand exactly how that sweater got on our backs or the food on our tables, the shoes on our feet, etc. I believe we gain a greater respect for each other and the planet we share (ALL animals/plants/beings) by gaining such insight and learning how many hands have come together to produce the end product we have and hold. This was fantastic, thank you for sharing the experience.
Back when I left school I worked on the largest sheep station in NZ, it wasn't for me,I certainly loved some aspects of it but if I never see another sheep it will be too soon. This brought back some great memories,including a shearing gang chasing me out of the wool shed in an attempt to shear off my long locks, terror won the day and I left them eating dust!
That was pretty cool. Always wondered why the sheep had paint on them. Haha, that is one fun fact I never thought I would learn from the Wynns. Hope you all are having a good day !
Me too!
Me three! I kept saying why the Teal on the behind? Voila Answer: to tell who will "Lamb last!"
@@trudymccann3671 It was hard to tell that they were even pregnant! I wonder how long that paint lasts on their butts.
and how long did it take someone to paint it on?!
@@maryvancompernolle9544 I think it is organic spray paint, lasts a few weeks. Guessing that it would have to last as long as the Ewe was 'preggers', the teal painted sheep didn't look too pregnant because they will have their lambs last.
So good !! You two are so good at story telling. I grew up in Southland NZ not far from where you were in this episode. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this had a smile on my face the whole time. Just wonderful thank you 👌
Thanks! That was so gratifying to see your adventure continue. Really very well done News and Journalism of an area never seen before.
It’s amazing to see how one man, two dogs can handle do many sheep. While in Scotland we watched sheepdog trials..fascinating
Hello how are you doing?
I was crowned Miss Golden Shears a long time ago on that same stage you showed in the clip of the shearing competition. A funny, classic kiwi experience. Not easy walking in stilletos on a stage covered in sheep sh..... Lanolin! The stadium lmost completely filled with Farmers and shearers. I've watched you guys for years and its exciting to now see you travel my home country seeing beyond the classic beauty enjoying the realness. .
The diversity of our stunning planet is incredible and it's good to see you enjoying NZ.
Stay well and safe travels
What a great Kiwi story - I can see it now! 💙💛💙
What a fantastic experience! The most contact I had with sheep in New Zealand was to "guide" some off the road. They were lost/misplaced and had wandered to bit of country road. We managed to get them to some grazing field.
It's good to see you guys again! I was wondering what you two have been up to. Thanks for taking us on another cool adventure! You two are so good with the stories, details, local stuff, etc. you could make a "watching grass grow" vid and it would be fun!
Amazing people there in New Zealand!!!!
Jason, Nikki. I love the fact you two go ALL IN on your adventures. Thank you so much. Jason you might be overdoing it with the videos? But, That is a trait you should stick with, it really separates you as super professional. Your Videos are so beautiful and makes me feel like I am there with you! Keep up the AWESOME, AMAZING work Guys and know it is really appreciated by your followers!
So so educational! My daughter and I will be in NZ in Feb. Can't wait
This is the only channel that I let the ads run on. Now that’s not to say that I’m watching the ads, but I’m not skipping them either. Love you two!
Well guys, it looks like you're getting a real taste of what the south island is really like. I can't say it looked like fun necessarily but it did look interesting. Keep the good stuff coming guys.
As you do so often you introduce us to wonderful people. Thank you both for being different, in a good way.
Wow you two are so lucky to visit with so many extraordinary people. What a view and we love the home he has created. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
Glad you folks got see a slice of kiwi life, something I remember well growing up. It's fascinating how much effort goes into looking after sheep and live stock.
You guys should have a million followers if this RUclips thing was just about quality, seriously you guys bring such creativity and, obviously, curiosity to everything you do it’s really inspiring
Fly strike and foot rot. Two of the reasons I didn’t carry on with the ‘family tradition’. Do I miss it? Yeah? Na, not on your life! 😂😂😂 See ‘ Footrot Flats by Bruce Ball! Amusing cartoons but spot on!
same here, Sold the family farm after 12 years.
I absolutely love watching your adventures! Sheering is hard work! What a fabulous set up! Gotta love us hard working farmers and ranchers!
So how ba-a-a-a-a-a-d was it really? 😉 The best thing about winters in the Southern Hemisphere is Nikki looks fantastic in sweaters and hats. 😃
she looks good in everything! mom
I miss the sailing, but really enjoy you getting to expand you exploring nature. Keep up the good work.
I did, pretty much, that exact trip in 1999. Including staying on a sheep farm for a couple days. Been back 2 other times. I love traveling in NZ!
Thank you. These videos of New Zealand are fantastic. Love all the fun and quirky things you find and video. Todays with the sheep is just great. Thank you. Safe travels.
I've shorn sheep... Around 1972. I didn't much care for it, either.
"I wouldn't even know what to look for..." Looks like a large pebble of green jasper right there, about 11 inches to the left of your hand at 3:21. It's just to the left of the larger, light gray rock pointing to the 1 o'clock position.
As for your incredible video-editing skills: Yes, you might overdo it a bit. The very high quality of your finished edits indicate either a background in studio video production, or at least excellent attention to the details of learning the craft on your own! Thanks for the tip on HomeFX - I downloaded it while watching and will install it and try it out in a minute.
Great video......educational yet not at all boring. It really makes you wonder how these farmers can make a living and keep food on the table. Thank you for another great video.
I grew up using a manual wool press. As a kid it was fun to climb in and trample the wool then crank the press down. The best part was sewing it shut with a giant curved needle and stenciling our farm name on the bale.
Very cool memory to have.
I love your video. It brings me so much happiness. Thank you
Thanks for documenting the South Island lifestyle and industry.
My dad was an Aussie shearer, born into the farm life, this took me back to those shearing shed days. I could smell and literally feel the wool, lanolin is great for cracked dry skin. I remember those eyes - of a ram, that bucked me off a fence for laughing, who said sheep were silly. What a funny farmer, honest humble, I bet he gives those dogs treats when no one’s watching! Thanks Nicki and Jason for a muddy, cold weather episode, you did great.. 🐨✨🌿
You should tell your ad sponsors that I am 100% engaged during your ad spots on your channel. You are one of the very few YT channels that i don't fast forward thru when it comes to the sponsor videos. You always have interesting products. I personally have thought about getting into creating a mini channel for family but the software part is daunting.. I plan on trying out the free version of FXhome to give it a whirl to see if its something i enjoy. Cheers.
Great to hear. We are very careful when choosing what sponsors to take on because we want it to be relevant to you. Glad this one was helpful and have fun with that first family video.
I loved the episode. The sheering of the rear ends reminds me of having poodles since i do the same on them between grooms!
2:25 Gold, and especially Silver, are coming back! Get some before it's too late!
Thank you very much for this video. Hard workers in a hard place.
I was down in Orepuki in February with beautiful shorts and singlet weather. We didn't find any gemstones, but lots of great looking rocks. The Tavern was a blast. Glad you enjoyed it.
I just checked & I was smiling too! This video was wonderful and reminded me a bit of home… in the armpit of Texas (Lubbock) . Wasn’t your boat tagged in Dallas? We had everything except Sheep, but the whole video just made me so happy and the person commenting about smiling is so right, you guy’s make people happy!
Love seeing a slice of life I am unlikely to experience personally!! Your videos always make me happy!! Thanks again for a beautiful video and for sharing your travels. It is truly amazing how one thing leads to another. ❤️
Thanks you two, very well done and having growing up in South Dakota raising sheep I loved this video!
Well done video. As a nz sheep farmer. I loved your take on it. great production photography and nice plug for wool travel well.
fantastic video interesting sheep farming good look at new zeealand and natives
It maybe sheep sh-t to you but it's lovely lambs to us! What an incredible experience! From the sapphire beach, to a windswept landscape, to pasturing sheep with incredulous sheepdogs to shorn backsides and all at the end of the world....well sorta. You had a well deserved shoeless beer at the end of it. Your curiosity takes you to such wonderfully different places. Un abbraccio forte a due.
Thanks for highlighting the agriculture of the country.
Just wow. I've learned some things today that I certainly didn't expect to learn. Excellent, authentic, and yet fun content.
Glad you enjoyed it!
OMG
THIS VIDEO TO ME IS LIKE LOOKING INTO BIBLICAL TIMES
THE LAND, THE BEAUTIFUL SHEEP, THE DOMAIN EXCERCISED WITH MAN DIRECTING AND CARING FOR THE ANIMALS AND WHAT THEY PROVIDE
OTHER THAN WHEN YOU GUYS WERE IN THE OCEAN COMMUNICATING WITH A HUGE
MOTHER WHALE AND HER BABY, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS I HAVE SEEN.
NEW ZEALAND LOOKS AMAZING AND CLEAN AND THE SHEEP AND THE FARMING THAT LOOKS SO HUMANE AND HAPPY IS LIKE LOOKING INTO PAGES OF BIBLICAL TIMES 😍
I love watching you on Sunday from Florida. Thanks and be safe.
Thank you for sharing
That was awesome! I loved watching the dogs work... they love their job.
One of the best days when visiting Ireland was visiting a dairy. Pubs were good too.
This is a bit of a lateral share to your video, so be a bit patient, please.
As a lifelong fan of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings book trilogy, I of course saw all 3 movies on opening day. I am also a fibers hand crafter, as I sew both by machine and hand, knit, crochet, macrame, etc. There is a scene in both the books and the 1st movie where, as the Fellowship is leaving Lothlorien to continue their quest, the elf queen Galadriel gifts the members of the Fellowship with cloaks made of wool woven by her handmaidens and which have never before been given to other than the elves of Lothlorien. The cloaks are described in the books as light and supple, yet amazingly warm. There is a bit of symbolism in the gifting of the cloaks as binding both the members of the Fellowship to each other but also as binding the elves of Lothlorien to the members of the Fellowship and their quest. So I was especially interested to see how these special cloaks were depicted in the films.
I was not disappointed. They are indeed light and supple, and have a very, very different weave to the fabric. After seeing this in the films, I did some research and found that the director of the films, Peter Jackson, a New Zealander, had searched all over his home nation for the perfect fabric and found a small sheep farm that raised a very special breed of sheep and also had imported very old industrial looms from England that also came with instructions (?) that programed the looms for specific weave patterns. Knowing the looms require yarn to weave fabric from, and being very interested in getting my hands of some of this special wool, I contacted the farm and was eventually able to buy myself one of the smallest "cones" they use to feed the looms with. I used the wool to knit myself a gorgeous winter cap, using 3 plys of the yarn per stitch. I still had hundreds of yards of the wool left over, so tackled a truly horrendous project of knitting myself a knee-length lace shawl.
Anyway, the tie in to this video is that, while I don't remember the name of the small farm, I do remember it's on the South Island and that it would not be difficult to find the name. The films focused a lot of attention on the farm and as a result they built cabins for visitors. What's really interesting is the history of the special breed of sheep they raise and of the huge looms they use to weave their wool into fabric. I think both you and your viewers may find a visit to the farm very informative, regardless of the farm's connection to the LOTR films...
Sometimes you just can't make a plan. Nothing wrong with going with the flow. Hard to do but sometimes, they make for the best adventures.
The Wynns PBS series! Love it
I love how you promote the wool!
👍🤩💝Sheep sheering is a definitely a thing. As if I have nothing better to do, I found myself watching a girl on RUclips who goes around to farms in the USA to sheer sheep. 😂💝
Oh my gosh, I (Val) am late getting caught up; didn't think I cared a whit about sheep farming. But apparently I DO, judging from the warmth in my heart after watching these farmers with those dogs and their little Dollies. I care a LOT! Who knew? Seriously one of my favorite videos of yours ever, and maybe 3rd place behind "night-time shark frenzy" and the "We-made-it-across-the-Pacific" videos. It was surprising and awesome. Now I want to visit a Kiwi sheep farm, asap! Thanks, guys!
Nice
1:24 It's not close to Antarctica, but feels like it for sure. It's at about 46 South, about half way between the pole and the equator.
I grew up as a sheep farmer in Southland. We had around 10 thousand sheep, and I was a presser in my holidays.
I am now an economist living in Europe, so just for your information, New Zealand's agriculture (about the only country in the world) is Government support free (free trade) but we are restricted into almost all markets in the world, including the US and the particularly the EU. NZ feeds around 40 million people, and Southland, East of Orepuki, is some of the most productive land in the world. It grows, as seen, grass in the winter, so no indoor wintering of stock.
Great video. It's difficult for wool to compete with all the synthetic fibres, particularly as population has exploded in the last century alone. Your 'wool o graphic' should be in more clothes stores.
I loved the dogs
LOVED this!! Learned stuff about sheep shearing that I had no idea even happened, and watching the herding process and the communication with the dogs was fascinating! Your hosts were wonderful. This is one of my favorite videos you have done - and the hubs and I have been following you since RV days! We admire your camera work, editing, and music. It's always excellent, but there was something special about this particular video. Well done! Watching your videos always perks up my spirits and inspires me. Thank you!
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Wait until you encounter the sheep ship. It is the ship used to transport live sheep from Australia and New Zealand to the Arabian Gulf states (e.g., Qatar, Saudi Arabia). If you end up downwind from it, your wish for electric drive will be rapidly replaced with the desire for a few thousand horsepower and a top speed of 250 knots.
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Sheep ships! A few have sunk and on the latest only one crew survived.
This. This is why you guys are the best.
Nice "Educational and Entertaining". Love how the dogs work. Reminds me of the movie "The Thorn birds".
Thanks guys. I know I never would have seen that without you all. Cheers!
Thanks for another great Sunday morning coffee time, I hope on your travels you find time to root around some marinas, builders, gear manufactures you are near. Keep one pinky toe in the water.
What amazing people and what an amazing place...
Great to hear that southern regional accent 😀
There is a sheep dog trials competition here in NZ where farmers work with their dogs to get some sheep into a fenced off area. Sounds easy right? there might be something on YT from past competitions. It used to be on Prime-Time TV at one point! search YT for "A dogs show".
But its great you got to get involved a bit of rural life :-) Looks like you really enjoyed it!
Watching you both working with walking clouds was awesome! Also I can't believe you didn't go explore that cool copse of trees that matched Jason's hair! BTW, any updates on the HH44, Curiosity II? To all of the newbs who want to start a video editing, remember, Jason is a PRO, he can do the most amazing shots I have ever seen! Thank you Jason for bringing your A game and thank you Niki for the A game with EVERYTHING you do! You both are AMAZING!!! Hope you are well and happy :) Better than a TV Series.
Amen to that!