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	University of Melbourne vets - December 2011
	Vivian, Jenna, Jan and Sanchi from Uni. of Melbourne spent a week on the farm helping out and learning about alpacas and alpaca management.

Alpacas group shot

New Tumi Alpaca transport van and trailer. Transport up to 30 alpacas or animals in one trip

	The new float - November 2011
	Our new float went on its maiden voyage to Queensland and back. With the new van we can transport up to 30 alpacas (and other animals) in a single trip!

Creswick shearing of alpacas

	Creswick shearing - November 2011
	Once again Tim Purcell performed shearing demos at Creswick Woolen Mills. This yearly event is still proving to be very popular with the public and numbers have been increasing each year! Creswick Woolen Mills is the last Mill of its kind in Australia!

Gauguin at Nationals - Award winning Alpaca

	National Alpaca Show & Sale - October 2011
	Tumi Gauguin took out first in his class then went on to win Best Fancy at the Nationals in Sydney. He is seen here with Julie Hofer of Petlyn Park, part owner of Gauguin's sire, Blackgate Lodge Picasso.

	Melbourne Royal - September 2011
	Tumi Gauguin won first in his class. Thanks to Jo Ham for showing him. Jo is part owner of his sire, Blackgate Lodge Picasso.

Vet students from University of Melbourne at Tumi Alpacas

	4 University of Melbourne vets - July 2011
	Naom, Stephen, Kas and Amy spent 10 days on the farm learning about alpacas and contributing substantially to the day to day farm operation.

Tumi Alpacas - Alpaca transport van in Queensland

	A new van - February 2011
	Sick of continual breakdowns in the Iveco, we bought a Volkswagen and decked it out for long distance alpaca transport.

dec show

	A great result - January 2011
	Tumi Gauguin was born on 29/1/2011 and is just what the doctor ordered. The result of a mating between two multi award winning fancies - Tumi Dijon and Blackgate Lodge Picasso.

Herd guard trial

	More flooding - January 2011
	While I was away on holidays the Wimmera river flooded again, this time flooding most of the property. Thankfully the Triggs from Nambi Alpacas were there to look after the animals. They even had to move all of their stock too as their property flooded as well.

Drought shot of Alpacas at Tumi Alpacas

Tumi Alpacas Farm Flood 2011

	13 years of drought come to an end - December 2010
	A before and after shot: December saw some heavy rainfall causing the Wimmera river to rise and flood 40% of our property!

3 male stud alpacas certified

	3 males certified - August 2010
	Greenhills Bradley the beautiful (we didn’t name him but we love him anyway), Tumi Desperado and Tumi Drumbeat are being certified this month. Bradley will start work straight away while the others will come on line later in the year.

Vet students from the University of Melbourne at Tumi Alpacas

	University of Melbourne vets again - July 2010
	Andras Kun, Akaru Likhitanachai and Timothy Chan spent two weeks experiencing the “joys” of working on an alpaca farm.

Wimmera Mallee Field Days - showing Award Winning Alpacas

	Wimmera Mallee Field days - March 2010
	One of the biggest field days in Australia occurs yearly only three paddocks away from our farm. Although it is mainly focused on broad acre cropping, there was good interest in the alpacas.

Vet student from University of Melbourne visiting Tumi Alpacas

	Single Vet student this time - January 2010
	Kunal Nagaich, a second year Uni of Melb vet student spent a week at Tumi alpacas before going on to Boddwyn alpacas. Kunal is from India and spent some time working as an engineer on the NW shelf oil rigs.

Tumi Alpacas successful at Nationals. Award winning Alpacas

	Success at the Nationals - October 09
	Tumi alpacas was awarded 1 1st ,1 2nd and 2 3rd ribbons at the National Show and Sale.

Plenty of hay for us this year for our alpacas

	Good year for hay- November 09
	We cut ryegrass this year and took 200 large bales and 2800 small bales off 100 acres. Hard work carting but it will keep us going for a few years.

Vet students from the University of Melbourne at Tumi Alpacas

	University of Melbourne vets at Tumi again - July 09
	Teng Xiang Khoo, Fu Xian and Jan Sen continued with a beneficial relationship with Uni of Melb work experience program.

Award winning alpaca Ella from Tumi Alpacas

	Ellas first show - July 09
	10 year old Ella went to her first show at Ballarat. She was asking to go to another before we had even got home.

Vet students from the University of Melbourne at Tumi Alpacas

	University Vet Students at Tumi for 10 days - Dec. 2008
	Once again, vet students from the University of Melbourne spent 10 days at Tumi Alpacas. They were involved with shearing, spit-offs, mating's, castrations, a difficult birth, fencing, injections, and even an autopsy. Jessica Goh, Chua Sue-Mae and Jessica Melo contributed to the running of the farm and went away with some great experiences.

Tumi Alpacas - every showed alpaca won a ribbon!

	Show success - Dec. 2008
	This year Tumi Alpacas finally bit the bullet and showed for the first time. We tested the waters at Stawell, Werribee and Creswick. Every entry won a ribbon, resulting in 7 Blue, 6 Red and 3 White.

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