Aussie farmer’s sheep heart for beloved aunt

AN Australian farmer who couldn’t go to his aunt’s funeral because of pandemic restrictions has paid his respects with a novel alternative: dozens of sheep arranged in the shape of a love heart.

Drone-shot video of pregnant ewes munching barley in a paddock while unwittingly expressing Ben Jackson’s affection for his beloved Auntie Deb was viewed by mourners at her funeral in the city of Brisbane in Queensland state this week.

Mr Jackson was locked down at the time across a state border at his farm in Guyra in New South Wales state, 430 kilometres (270 miles) away.

“It took me a few goes to get it right ... and the final result is what you see. That was as close to a heart as I could get it,” Mr Jackson said yesterday.