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dairy queens

WHILE MANY AUSTRALIANS stumble bleary-eyed to the tinsel-clad tree, cuppa in hand, come Christmas morning, farming families pull on their boots and head outside at sunrise. Farm work doesn’t stop for Santa Claus, and for the Chesworth family, milking the dairy cows happens every day, no matter the holiday.

But for Erika and Steve Chesworth, this pitching in by all the family members makes the day that little more special. Their three children, Emma, Duncan and Campbell, would wake up every December 25 at the crack of dawn, eager to help

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