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Merry Christmas from Auravale Alpacas

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The delight of Herbert “Herbie”

On the 29th October Nic spotted a cria in the paddock!! Our lovely Jolimont Giovanni girl Fleur had been mated to Wyndarra Designer and given birth to a male cria.  He had obviously been born earlier in the day and … Continue reading

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Shearing at Auravale

Friday 23rd and Saturday24th November Pre Shearing Preparation Our shed was cleaned out and up the week before Our shearing team was arranged- all volunteers. Items such as fleece skirting table, scales, garden vacuum, rubbish bins, broom, buckets and bags … Continue reading

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Nina Kirpichnikov Felting

One day Nina dropped by our farm and asked to buy an alpaca fleece which she planned to use for felting.  Nina uses a wet felting technique including nunofelting and her creations are really beautiful.  Since that day Nina has … Continue reading

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Spring Sale

We are having our Spring Sale on Sunday October 28th, 10 am til 4 pm This is a great opportnunity to view and purchase alpacas just before shearing commences in November. We have quite a few young alpacas that have … Continue reading

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Winter Sale

Sunday 5th August 10 am -4pm Auravale has too many alpacas, we need to reduce our herd size!!! As a result we are having a Winter Sale, offerring huge savings. No reasonable offer refused. We have breeding females with and … Continue reading

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OPEN DAY- Sunday 13th May

Thanks to all who attended our Open Day. The weather was not as bad as forcasted and we had many visitors who all seemed to enjoy getting up close and personal with the alpacas. Thanks to Vermillion Fire Alpacas for … Continue reading

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Felting and Spinning

Auravale Alpacas has a wide range of fleeces suitable for spinning, felting or craft use. Choose from an array of natural colours including white, cream, light fawn, dark fawn, light and dark brown and black. Baby alpaca and adult fleeces … Continue reading

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Hades Broken Leg

Updated 14/4/12 Hades finally had his Thomas splint removed this week – Yeah! An Xray has shown that the break has healed well. During the time he has had the slpint in place he has grown so much that at … Continue reading

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Fox Chasers!!!

One of the benefits of owning alpaca is their hatred of predators (foxes, cats and unfamiliar dogs).  They use their size, speed, stomping and spitting ability to chase a predator out of their territory.  As far as an alapca is … Continue reading

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