Alpaca news

Prize-winning entries in the 2009 Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria and Victorian Western Region of the Alpaca Association alpaca competition were on display at the VWR Alpaca Show at Hamilton Sheepvention.

Alpacas were a great drawcard at Hamilton’s “Sheepvention” with double the number of alpaca and alpaca fleece entries from previous years.
Sheepvention is one of the largest agricultural and pastural events in Victoria, with more that 20,000 visitors – largely from Victoria’s Western District – the heart of the nation’s wool and sheepo production area – attending the two day event.

The closing date for alpaca entries for Sheepvention has been extended to 6 July (but this will be a real deadline and no late entries will be able to be accepted). The judge for the show, Kate Mander, will be coming from New Zealand for this important event.