Welcome to a Gathering of Llama Lovers. The 2011 NZ lama Association AGM 
will be held at Mt Lyford, North Canterbury starting Friday 29th April at 7:00pm and ending Sunday 1st May at 3:oopm. There will be lots of llamas as Jacky Middleton of Avalon Llamas has a big herd and others will be bringing their llamas from around Canterbury. As always there is an exciting Programme – Packing trials, Fibre workshops will feature. Register now.
Diane says that Don Peel does a great job carding llama fibre.
His contact details are:
Don Peel
Raes Junction
RD Dunedin
Ph 03 4468 561
Shop: 03 4468459
Amy took these photos. Thanks Amy.
The Bay Harbour News lent us one of their reporters on Sunday. This is Breeze’s item in this weeks Bay Harbour, complete with lovely llama photos and one of Ferne and Tansy (thats Tansy being sniffed)
Bay Harbour News May 6 2009
Thank you to all the wonderful llama lovers I met over the week-end of the AGM. You all included me and made me so welcome as a new member. I had a wonderful time and learned so much. I hope that all of you had a satisfying and replenishing time. A special thank you to the visitors who did dishes and cleaned up so efficiently.
Sara Crane, Fernhill Llamas
After another llama morning tea we got all the llams in and had Llama packing demonstration with Keith Payne. He showed us a few thing he looked for in a packing animal and showed us how to put on a pack. Looks easy – yeah OK! you try it.
Lunch was at Fernhill so we haltered up most of the adults and chattered up the hill. Seemed to go well and everyone had a story of some tricky moment successfully negotiated. Free time for llamas while people had soup and wandered round the house (whoops ‘Castle’). Back over to LL and our girls are saying oh no not again. They (and we were tired coming home.
Hi Ho down to the Governors Bay Hotel for dinner. I’m sure Jeremy and Clare will look after us well.
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- Cria in the Lead
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- “Hey, who is this Boy?”
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- Up the long hill to the gate
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- An Ambrose Adventure – ‘look at me mum’
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- Coming down to Llama Lookout
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- Fernhill Girls waiting to walk back to Fernhill
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- Cria Games
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- Lovely Linda Looks on
Morning tea with Lllamas. Pack Trials and more about Poo than you’ll ever want to know. Beautiful food followed by a very enlivening AGM. Cyber-Julie attended by Skye. Motions were passed – no not that kind.
Sitting around now with some Coasters talking up a storm. … A big day!
We all got together this morning. Cold and blustery outside and so warm in. Sara asked us to tell each other about ourselevs, were we are from (we made a map of NZ) how many llamas on how much land and what we had come for. So many interesting llama lovers! Morning tea shared with Llamas on the lawn was fun and cold.
Back inside for fibre with Betty Rae and beautiful its was. Ohs and ahs of appreciation.
Stephen got technical with histograms and then said ‘its really about how it feels’. So we all felt fibre and did our own assessment.
Photos to come…
We had a great time. Food and wine, llama stories galore.
Things are going well at Llama Lookout and Fernhill Llamas. We had a much needed downpour yesterday and temperatures are cooler. Bring your gumboots, raincoats and possum/woolies (oops I mean llama/woolies… whatever).
We have been astounded by the level of response and excitement of people for the weekend. We think there will be about 45 people here for the weekend and there are still a few maybies.
Counting down to the weekend. See you all tomorrow.
Robyn and the crew
