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Sister Stud in NSW – Jan. 2009

Margaret Cobb of Woonooka Alpacas near Tamworth will act as an outlet for Tumi Alpacas.

Our stud males will rotate through our Victorian properties and Margaret's property in northern NSW.

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	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.

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	Uni 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.

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	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 focussed on broadacre cropping, there was good interest in the alpacas.

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	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.

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

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	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.

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

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	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.

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	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.

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	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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