The Little Grey Fergie That Saved Wentworth

Seventy years ago, a flood threatened to wipe out Wentworth, but farmers saved the town with their legendary “little grey Fergie” tractors—building levees non-stop to hold back the rising waters. This year, they shattered a record by gathering 110 of these iconic machines, proving their enduring legacy. One farmer even recreated the wild 1956 tradition of riding a tractor into the Royal Hotel for a beer—this time, with descendants and fellow tractor owners joining in. It’s a story of grit, ingenuity, and community spirit, immortalized in a memorial cairn that reads: “by God and by Fergie, we beat the flood.”

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