Welcome
Dec 07 - Cria conformation class
Cria fleece - Mar 08
Bahloo - Stud Male
Connie and Sonny
We first became interested in Alpacas at the Southern Region show and sale in Goulburn in 2005. By September we had our first 4 Alpacas, two females and their crias.
The allure of these enchanting animals soon took a stranglehold and our herd quickly grew. The rapid increase in numbers, and drought conditions meant we were soon short of room and feed on our 5 acre property on the edge of Goulburn. Even though we had only moved into a new home in 2004 we realised that we would need much more land to follow our new passion.
After an extensive search for a new property we bought 117 acres of land in Parkesbourne, 18km out of Goulburn in 2006 and started the building process all over again.
We moved into our new home, Accapacca Lodge, in August 2007. The house was finished but nothing else was. All we started with was the boundary fence. Since then we have been rather busy constructing yards, shelter sheds, gardens (minimal) and about 5km of internal fences. We are not finished, but do have a reasonably workable set up.
By April 2008, in less than 3 years, we had grown to have about 90 animals, including our recent drop of 16 cria.
We do a little bit of showing and have been fortunate to win a few ribbons, including a couple of blues.
We have Alpacas of all colours and have started to process our fleeces for hand made garments, with Connie and Nancy (her Mum), doing the carding, spinning and knitting.
Our future is well and truly tied to Alpacas.
Jim & Connie Styles