Ducks on the pond!

 This was an old saying in shearing shed lingo. The shearing shed was a no go place for females back in the day but of course the shearers needed to be fed.

It was customary in most sheds that morning and afternoon tea was brought to the shed, therefore less down time. It was the women who brought the food and prepared lunches.

Very bloke place a shearing shed so if and when a female was in sight, the call of "ducks on the pond" would let all the workers know to curb their language.

Now many classers and rouseabouts are female. 

Walking around our nearby lake or pond, we saw mum and dad duck with ten ducklings.