{"id":8,"date":"2014-09-29T12:54:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T12:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liamsingfarrier.com.au\/about\/"},"modified":"2015-08-01T02:42:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T16:42:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/liamsingfarrier.com.au\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Growing up on acreage in central Victoria, near Bendigo, meant that animals, including horses, were a part of Liam\u2019s daily life.\u00a0 It was no surprise then, that as a youngster, he was drawn towards a career as a Blacksmith\/Farrier.<\/p>\n At 16 Liam began his apprenticeship on solid ground with Bendigo-based Master Farrier Brian Wills.<\/p>\n In the third year of his training he was awarded the Victorian Master Farriers Association\u2019s Top Apprentice Farrier Award.<\/p>\n Later that year, Liam went on to represent his state at the Australian Top Apprentice Farrier competition held in Queensland, where he won the Eagle Eye Award and placed third overall.<\/p>\n