We Love Alpacas
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So as Adeline’s birthday treat we visited Surico – an alpaca farm nestled in the gently bubbling hills just shy of Lake Rotorua. As one of the nearest alpaca farms to us, we couldn’t resist a visit. And we’re rather glad we did.
Within minutes of arriving our host Hermione took us through to a pen [...]
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- Tags: alpacas, fiber, fleece, genetics, orgling, stud males, surico, Suris
With 3 months until we move to NZ, I’m becoming concerned about moving to the country after spending so many years in cities. I’ve never lived in rural isolation before and have been fretting about safety. How would we protect our land and our house? I don’t think the cocker spaniel we plan to get [...]
Why alpacas?
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21 Apr 2009We have been thinking about raising alpacas for a few years now, but it has only become a serious option in the last few months. This is mainly because we are leaving our lives in London and moving to New Zealand. At first we had planned to carry on geeking it up in NZ, basically [...]
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We're Anthony & Adeline and we run a canvas prints business. We packed in our jobs in London and in October 2009 we moved to Tauranga in New Zealand. Aiming for a little more balance in life, we hope to shift our focus over to alpaca breeding.
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