We’ve dealt with lots of people and businesses over the years and collected many contacts that we find useful for ourselves, our customers and our friends. We hope you find them useful too.
Alpaca Magic
- Alpaca Magic
- Fibre Magic – Distributor of Roberta Spinning Wheels
- Alpaca Magic on Facebook
- Ertoel Wheels – Technical information about Electronic Spinners and Carding Machines
- Llamas, llamas, llamas at Alpaca Magic – YouTube
Shearers
- Ian Elkins Alpaca Shearing – Ph 6282 6246, 0417 496 815 (Alpaca Magic uses Ian as our shearer)
- Bruce Patterson – Ph 6258 8542, 0412 610 561
Fibre Processing
- Alpaca Magic Workshops
- Alpaca Fibre Processing – Tanya & Jim Boston, 0417 497 940
- Tread Softly Fibre Processing – Tony Cook, Gunning NSW, Mob: 0403 291 359
- McDonald Wools – Situated in Gunning, buys Alpaca fleece. Please contact John or Lisa on (02) 4845 1457 or 0419 603 357 or buraldptyltd@bigpond.com
Pet & Livestock Carers
- Max & Ruby’s Pet Sitting – Servicing the greater Canberra area
Animal Handling Services (also see shearing page)
- Certified Horse Dentist (does llamas and alpacas too) – Lucy O’Shaughnessy, 0407 237 909 (ACT & Southern NSW)
- Animal Physio – Louise Steinman, Mob 0410 956 417, email physio4animals@yahoo.com.au
- Bowen Therapy for animals
- Alpaca & Llama Husbandry – Ian Elkins
Livestock Transport
- Alpaca Magic has a double horse float
- Rohan Dalgleish
- Alternately you could try Yellow Pages for “Horse Transporters”
Animal Societies & Contacts
- Donkey All Breeds Society of Australia
- Donkey Society of N.S.W.
- Alpaca HONEYCOMB and his owner Nils Lantzke – Ph 02 6241 6757
- Noah’s Ark Mobile Petting Zoo – Canberra, Ph 0409 626 881
- Golden Ridge Animal Farm – Sydney
Accommodation
- Youth Hostels Australia – Cheap accommodation
- Dickson Backpackers
- Gundaroo Colonial Inn
- Capital Country Tourist Village – 02 6230 3433
- Rydges Eagle Hawk
- Ibis Budget Canberra – Formerly Hotel Formule 1 Canberra
- Queanbeyan Visitors Information Centre – Ask for accommodation close to Sutton Road