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The Australian Wool Network has moved its wool rehandling facility to Goulburn, and they now buy wool at the door five days a week.
AWN's NSW and Queensland state manager Mark Hedley explains the change.
"For 20 years AWN have been operating our reclass facility in Newcastle, and we've now relocated that reclass facility to Goulburn," Mr Hedley said.
For all the wool that needs to be reclassed, "We draw wool in here out of all the wool stores in NSW and Queensland, so that's Brisbane, Tamworth, Dubbo, Bathurst, Wagga, Cooma, and Goulburn stores."
Based on the volumes they were processing previously, they expect they will continue to "bring around 4000 bales of wool into our re-handle per annum."
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Producers in the Tablelands and surrounds also now benefit from being able to sell their wool at the door from Monday to Friday.
"John Bell is our wool buyer. John has travelled around and on Fridays he did open the store up to have door trade. Producers could bring their wool and John could purchase it at the door. By bringing the rehandle facilities to Goulburn it also means that there's now another service available five days a week."
The office address is 51 Findlay Road, Goulburn, and the doors for the wool receival are just around the corner off Hovell Street.
Additionally, "we run a brokering business out of here. We have five staff that travel out of here as wool brokers, and two office staff as well."
They cover a big territory too, driving through the Monaro, Tablelands, Southern Slopes and into the Riverina.
"The wool reps go through cars," Mr Hedley admits. "They'll do somewhere between 70,000km to 90,000km per rep, per year."
Goulburn hasn't had its own wool reclass facility since the 1980s, and Mr Hedley believes that moving theirs to Goulburn will give the region more opportunities for education and training.
"One of the biggest benefits [of moving the rehandle] is the ability to train young staff here in Goulburn. Bringing young people into this industry is a must for us and for the wool industry in general."