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SPEAKING OF milking things… remember Bendigo Station’s John Perriam exploiting that ovine celebrity Shrek the sheep for all he was worth a few years back?
Well it seems he’s not finished, yet. Shrek the sheep will be unveiled at the national museum this year. Te Papa senior curator Claire Renault said the museum was anticipating Shrek’s arrival. They had not yet decided whether the well-known Merino would sit next to the skeleton of famed New Zealand-bred racehorse Phar Lap, Renault said.
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