"Women had been meeting at Gatherings in Victoria - to share experiences, learn skills, and develop an effective voice for rural women’s issues - for ten years.The boot was chosen to signify 'Stepping into the Future', as we were about to step into the new millennium and the modernising of farm techniques. The boot was worn at the first tractor driving course in 1989 [by Win Macreadie]. It was then worn around the farm and after a good polish, by a WOF member to the Women on Farms Activities." Evelyn Lillie