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Bridgewater sheep farmer Adam Turnbull and his girlfriend Steph Dolman have entered the Bendigo Advertiser Hay Bale Sculpture Competition, building two jolly jumbucks on Turnbull's father's property outside Bridgewater.
The couple were inspired to join the contest after hay bale sculptures popped up on either side of the property.
She was like 'we've got to do something'.
- Adam Turnbull
Mr Turnbull said Ms Dolman insisted they get involved after seeing the neighbouring hay bale castle and caterpillar.
"She was like 'we've got to do something'," he said.
"We were going to do other stuff but didn't have the resources, for next year we'll expand and make it bigger."
Ms Dolman said they had already started thinking about their next effort.
"We had an idea of doing a tractor as well so we’ll see what next year brings and we might do something bigger," she said.
Mr Turnbull said the sculptures were made from two large round bales and two smaller square bales for the faces.
"We just used some pipe coverings for the ears and a bit of wire to hold them in shape and the eyes are paint can lids," he said.
The sheep are on display north of Bridgewater, just around the bend on the Bridgewater-Raywood Road.
Other entries include Serpentine couple Prue and Luke Milgate's solar powered hay bale Christmas tree sculpture on the Loddon Valley Highway; Jenni Hedstrom and family's Mr and Mrs Claus on their Chanters Lane property in Tylden; Nicole and Darryl Laity's Christmas themed hay bale aeroplane at their Romsey Road property in Darraweit Guim; the Hernon family's water skiing and BMXing Santa in Allies Road, Maiden Gully; Narelle and Rodney Broom's Christmas tree and Christmas teddy bears on the Calder Highway near Collins Road; James Coghlan and Michael Webb's castle with drawbridge on the corner of Auchmore Road and the Loddon Valley Highway; and Maggie and Frank Coghlan's Very Hungry Caterpillar on the Bridgewater-Raywood Road north of Bridgewater.