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News and Events 2004

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25th November 2004

The Sydney, Coast and Highlands Region's 2004 Christmas Party

When: 12 noon
Sunday 5th December 2004
Where: "Belbourie"
Round Hill Road
Wilton Park
Directions here (new window, pdf, 33KB)
BYO: Lunch (BBQ available)
Chairs
A small wrapped unisex gift (1 per person coming) - Santa will be arriving
RSVP: 28th November 2004
ph 4677 1081
bigsalmon@bigpond.com.au

14th October 2004

Details of the upcoming 2005 Berry Show are here.

9th October 2004

Helping Hands Across the Highlands Workshop
(Let's Help Each Other Do Better)

Location: Robertson Showground Pavilion
When: Sunday 14th November 2004 commencing at 10:00am

The Intention: This Sydney, Coast and Highlands workshop is for all breeders: it is intended that this workshop will provide an opportunity to learn how to reduce the angst, simplify and reduce the physical effort in your alpaca operation. There will be some formal presentations on subjects such as worm testing and herbal remedies. There will also be an open workshop where practical shortcuts/ideas will be discussed. There will also be an opportunity for anyone to raise their own practical commonsense ideas so that others may gain from them.
This is the worshop that deals with those every day problem that bigger seminars and workshops don't deal with.

Cost: $10 per adult
Note: the cost includes pavilion hire etc, sausage sizzle, tea and coffee

For catering purposes, please advise your attendance by contacting Des McDonald on 4836 7360

17th September 2004

The T TEAM course will be run on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th October if enough bookings are paid by 15th September, with verbal confirmations by 10th September. The cost will be $140 for 2 days and $75 for 1 day. Any questions contact:
Ian Proctor
Wallaby Ridge Alpacas
Lennox
4479 Oallen Ford Rd
Bungonia NSW 2580
Ph : 02 4844 4499
info@wallabyridge.com

Please make cheques payable to AAA - Sydney, Coast and Highlands Region

28th August 2004

NSW New Breeders Seminar notes are now available.
If you would like to purchase a copy of the proceedings please contact Heather Vickery on
Email: wldalpac@mitmania.net.au
Phone: 02 4885 2852

NSW New Breeders Seminar follow up information re internal parasite course:
For those participants who were present on the Sunday farm visit and were interested in undertaking some Animal Health Courses eg the internal parasite course. This course was previously run by F.A.R.M. Training Alliances, based at Yass in NSW. Unfortunately we have been unable to track down current contact details of this organization. The previous contact information was
Web: www.farmtrain.com.au
Email: mail@farmtrain.com.au
Phone: (02) 6226 5333
It appears that the organization may have closed down as the phone number is not valid and the emails have bounced back.
Please contact us if you have better luck in finding them as we would love to circulate the information to interested participants.

19th June 2004

Please note:
While the T Team training workshop will be held on the 14th and 15th of August 2004 (Saturday and Sunday) as stated, the potential additional workshop would be held on the 12th and 13th of August 2004 (Thursday and Friday) if numbers allow. (Not the 12th and 13th of July as previously stated.) [ More... ]
We apologise for the error.

16th June 2004

The 2004 Charles Ledger schedule for the Suri Classes has been revised. This is due to the new classes now offered for the senior Suris.

Download the revised schedule here (new window, pdf, 19KB)

The SCH region will be conducting a T Team training workshop on the 14th and 15th of August 2004 (Saturday and Sunday). The workshop will be run by Nerida Aldred (a qualified Alpaca and Llama Judge ) who has worked extensively with Marty McGee Bennett "The Alpaca Whisperer". A maximum of 13 people can attend the course, so you will need to book early to ensure a placement - First in, first served. [ More... ]

7th June 2004

The next Show to be held by the Sydney, Coast and Highlands Region is the 2004 Charles Ledger Show.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATES HAVE CHANGED.

Saturday 25th September (was 18th September) is for Suri Alpacas and Brown Huacayas.
Sunday 26th September (was 19th September) is for Huacayas, All Colours.

Closing date for entries is Friday 3rd September. Late entries will not be accepted.

The schedules and necessary paperwork are available via the links below.

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26th March 2004

Tocal Fleece Show

Central Coast and Hunter Region are once again organizing an alpaca fleece show at the Tocal Field Days (30th April - 2nd May). Members wishing to exhibit fleeces at this premier event should contact Julienne Gelber (02) 4373 1233, gelber@bigpond.com. Closing date for entries is the 5th April 2004 and fleeces are required to be delivered to 65 Parukala Road, Mangrove Mountain, 2250 by April 16. Late entries may not be accepted as fleeces need to be micron tested for the show.

Next SCH General Meeting

The next SCH General Meeting will be held at Paddington Alpacas in conjunction with their open day. Come along and learn about halter training, preparing animals and fleeces for show and preparing fleeces for the Co-op lines. A "hands on" day for all those wanting to learn more about managing their alpacas and their beautiful fibre. From 11:00 am Sunday 2nd May.

Venue:
Paddington Alpacas
2092 Windellama Rd
Quialigo via Goulburn NSW 2580

Contact:
Pauline Nelson- Nugent
Ph: 02 4844 7023
Email: padstud@bigpond.com

20th March 2004

Results for the Robertson Show and Wool Crafts Show are now available here

The Minutes for the February 2004 Meeting are available to Members here.

26th February 2004

The next Show to be held by the Sydney, Coast and Highlands Region is the Robertson Show. Lyn Dickson will be the Judge. Fleece judging is on Friday, 5th March and animal judging is 6th March at 10am, with animals to be penned by 8am for vetting. The closing date is tomorrow, Friday 27th February, but because of the Royal Canberra Show this weekend, entries will be accepted on Monday, 1st March, or Tuesday 2nd March.

The schedule and necessary paperwork is available via the links below (Word doc format).

Alpaca craft judging is on Wednesday, 3rd March and entries to be in by 1st March. People wishing to enter the Alpaca handcrafts section please contact Heather Vickery to arrange for a separate entry form to be faxed to them. Alternatively please ring Heather on 02 4885 1040 (AH), and the form can be filled in over the phone.

11th February 2004

The results of the 2004 Berry Show are available here.
An article about the Berry Inaugural Fashion Show is here.


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