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Open
day in August
There will be an open day at Tumi Alpacas
near Horsham on the second weekend in August.
16 alpaca breeders will be involved as well
as spinners, weavers,shearers, merchandisers
and guest speakers. Over 700 animals will
be represented and more than half the breeders
have never shown an animal. |
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Herd guard trial February
08 |
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Discussions are underway
with Longerenong College near Horsham
to set up a trial of alpaca herd guards.
A group of students doing The Advanced
Diploma in Agriculture will design and
carry out the experiment under the supervision
of Longerenong staff. Wethers and advice
will be provided by Tumi alpacas. |
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New Male – December
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Months ago, I picked
up some males from Elizabeth Paul. One
of these boys surprised me. On loading
I found his handle to be exceptional.
I asked about his genetics and was informed
that he was out of a Drambuie girl and
was one of two Hot Shot Blacks. So here
was another Highlander line black male.
I tested his fleece and immediately
had him certified. Roscrea Alpacas descided
to go half share in this amazing male
and we await his first cria. |
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Greenhills Bradley the beautiful
– December 2007 |
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“Greenhills Bradley
the beautiful” is about to come
on line. At birth he was black but we
are now sure he is dark brown. He is
by ILR NWA Luminosa out of a Licence
girl. Watch out for his progeny in a
year’s time. |
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Creswick shearing –
November 07 |
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As part of continued support
for Creswick woollen Mills. Tim Purcell
and myself conducted shearing demonstrations
at the mill. There was a lot of interest
from the general public including a
number of sheep shearers that were interested
in shearing alpacas in the future. |
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Shearing workshop - October
2007 |
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Mathew McAninly from
Alpaca Fleece Ltd was on hand at our
shearing days to advise 40 breeders
on fleece preparation. A BBQ was provided
and a good day was had by all. |
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Angry’s Simpson Safari-
September 07 |
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Angry Anderson recently
crossed the Simpson Desert to raise
funds for the Dunn/Lewis Foundation.
www.dunnlewisfoundation.org.au
Dan Bolwell from Super Dinosoar Alpacas
and myself went along to assist with
the trip. Even around Broken Hill
we found alpacas being used as herd
protectors. |
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Surprise nomination –
July 07 |
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On July 11th The Weekly
Times contained a two page story on
Tumi Alpacas. We were expecting the
story but there was a pleasant surprise
– We had been nominated for The
Weekly Times Farm Business Awards. Herald
and Weekly Times photo collection. |
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Miracle cria – June
2007 |
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When Simone Dalton from
the Weekly Times arrived to do a story
she didn’t expect to be assisting
with pulling a cria during a difficult
birth. The unusual thing was that within
20 seconds of hitting the ground, the
cria was up and walking, still covered
in its entire birth membrane. The story
and this photo appeared on page 3 June
27th. Herald and Weekly Times photo
collection. |
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Our own genetics have come
back - April 2007 |
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Tumi Xcalibre has joined
our mobile mating sevice. Owned by Bodwyn
Alpacas, he is by Purrumbete Brigantine
out of our best female by Purrumbete
Inti. His full brother is now making
his mark in Germany as an elite male. |
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Grey genetics join the team
- April 2007 |
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When Fiona Burchell sent
a photo of her new acquisition, Narraburra
Jo-Jo, I was impressed. His genetics
are even better and he now has cria
on the ground that are really superb.
His grey genetics will compliment the
Tumi Alpacas mobile team. |
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Thorpedo – February
2007 |
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Timbertop Thorpedo, by
the Scud out of a Luminosa girl (yes,
we have bought our own genetics back)
has started to work and will soon be
available for outside matings. |
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Mystic Force’s first
cria,
January 2007 |
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The first Mystic Force
cria is on the ground. A solid black
girl. The mother is very ordinary but
Mystic has overridden this to produce
a well conformed cria with extreme density,
lustre and fleece character. |
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Lumo hits the ton, October
2006 |
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ILR Luminosa now has 100
registered offspring with more on the
way. His offspring include Eringa Park
Conquistador, Daltilda Oscar and Samaria
Valley Saladin, all champions in their
own right |
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Mystic Force wins again, July
2006 |
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Timbertop Mystic Force
has taken out a bue ribbon at Stawell
Show and a 3rd ribbon at Werribee. Judges
have commented on his perfect confirmation.
His first cria are due in November. |
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Bravo on the move, July 2006 |
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Congratulations to Maria
McIntyre of Pinaroo alpacas who has
purchased Benleigh Bravo after making
an offer that we couldn’t refuse.
We have mated over 20 females to him
and hope he does well at Pinaroo. We
have retained a number of matings as
we would hate to lose his genetics completely. |
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Congratulations
to Samaria Valley, November 2005 |
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Alan and Nita Frampton
of Samaria Valley Alpacas have had further
success with Saladin, son of ILR Luminosa,
and now a stud male in his own right.
Saladin has added blue ribbons from
Bendigo, Melbourne Royal and The Nationals
to his list of achievements. He can
be seen on www.samariavalleyalpacas.com.au |
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Introducing….. December
2005 |
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Timbertop Thorpedo –
Scud/Alin Capac, Luminosa/Hemingway
lines, Alpaca specialist Arafura –
Dorchester/Julius, Brutus/Highlander
lines, Timbertop Mystic Force –
Scud/Alin Capac, Rufo lines (co-owned
by Boddwyn Alpacas)
These boys are presently being certified
and their fleece stats are pending.
Mystic Force will be working early 2006.
The others, even though they are well
grown out, will probably not be working
until 2007. We cant wait! |
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