YOU don't always know what you'll find in a milking shed. Just ask Morris and Joan Geiger, who celebrate 60 years of marriage today.

Both were reared on dairy farms out west near Kingaroy, and Morris used to sneak off to the neighbouring farm and help out with chores.

Only 14 when they first met, Joan would watch him slave away for hours each day, as he helped her milk cows and carry buckets.

To Morris, it was what you would call a "love job".

In the early years he had a trusty old Vanguard that used to take them everywhere - they always loved driving, especially in the Vanguard.

He worked at a Wilsons Pocket sawmill, near Gympie, until a nasty accident with a docking saw in which his arm was cut from hand to elbow, forced the pair to Brisbane for rehabilitation.

They moved to Gumdale, on Brisbane's southside, and raised a family - Wayne, Ian, Mark, Janita and Brett - while Morris took a construction job.

The family shared a passion for music, and any spare time was spent carting kids around the country to various shows.

It was on these travels they met Burt Newton, Athol Guy from the Seekers, and played at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. They are days the two look back on with fond memories.

In 2000 they moved to Hervey Bay, where they have done, according to Morris, nothing.

Joan insists that's not true.

In fact, they saw Kevin Rudd walking on Hervey Bay's Esplanade a few years earlier.

They still squabble over who is right, even after all these years together, and said their recipe for a successful marriage was a simple one.

"Have your say and then walk away. Get on with your life.

"You need to learn to forgive and forget," Joan said.

When asked for his opinion, 91-year-old Morris said with a wink: "Buggered if I know."