Our History

We first encountered the alpaca in 1992. Our first purchase was a female from the Purrumbete herd which had a male cria at foot. She remained on agistment for remating whilst we located a suitable property for the breeding and raising of alpacas.

Our first birth was trouble free and female and the resulting cria won a second ribbon at our first Royal Melbourne Show. How easy was this? Thirteen male cria following this female cria certainly showed us. With such a run of male cria and the rapid improvement in stock quality being achieved, we re-entered the market place to include two more females of the current breeding in our herd. We continued to breed our females to the best available males of the time and slowly started to correct our ratio of male vs female drops. We continued to make our mud bricks for the extension we had planned for our 100 year old weatherboard cottage. In 1994 the possibility of Peruvian imports began to become a reality. To increase our genetic base we opted to purchase animals from both of the major shipments securing genetics from the major Peruvian breeders including the renowned Bareeda herd, Rural Alianza, Sollocota and Kenamari.

We purchased our property in May 1993. Fifty acres of undulating hills in picturesque Arthurs Creek. Our property required a substantial amount of work prior to us moving here at the end of 1993. The first requirement was a bathroom with running water as this facility was not present at the time of purchase. Next was some fencing for our alpacas as the internal fencing on the property left a lot to be desired. We purchased two more pregnant females and four wethered males to complete our foundation herd and moved on farm in December 1993 to commence our long term project of breeding an alpaca herd and building a home for our bewildered pre-adolescent children and us to share.

November 1998 saw the completion of our home and the hosting of our inaugural production sale, which resulted in 27 animal sales across a broad selection of stock ranging from older chilean girls through to ribbon winning yearlings. Many of the day's guests took the opportunity to purchase luxurious alpaca garments from our on farm shop which were all reduced in price for the day. We were extremely happy with the final result and continue to hold the sale annually on the third Sunday in November. Our main breeding season is autumn, and over the years we have returned to a 50:50 ratio of male to female births.