Mandala Alpacas

22/07/2025

Huge Congratulations to Robyn Hamilton & Robert from Bellapaca Alpacas, on their purchase of our beautiful Mandala Greased Lightening fondly called "Spotty" by her second mum & Dad Linda Davies & Paul Cramley. There comes a time when common sense must take over from love & pride & that time has arrived. I cannot think of anyone I would rather see take over her care Robyn & certainly hope with pride to see what she achieves for you in the future.

30/04/2025

Eat your heart out Taryan Mathews, look what I found yesterday when I was walking down a runway up at Burns's. Yes I was a good girl and dug it out & picked up all the melons too
Thought of you as I worked, I bet she didn't even know it was there. Now I had better keep my eyes open for more. Like you, no idea where it came from.

22/04/2025

So this is it, another year over and if you ask any of my team, the answer will be, yes, it was again a great success. To my team one and all, thank you for your unwavering support. You have gone the extra mile this year and for that I thank you. I feel very confident that you have done what we set out to do, there are so many extra folk out there who now have a far deeper understanding of our beautiful fibre and yes some of you are now total converts and take this with you back to your groups. Also a huge thank you for your help in packing up and a photo to prove how sad out little space now looks.

21/04/2025

Day four has come to a close, thank you one and all for your unstinting help and participation. We have even had some ring-ins, now I think more a permanent fixture 😂. I can't thank you all enough, we have all dealt with many questions and queries and not once have I seen a hint of impatience, you have all gone above and beyond, and I'm sure there are so many more people out there who now know so much more about Alpacas, their fleece, what we do with it and how we use it. They even know (or think they do) when the first Spinning Wheel was created and how the stone age man cut his thread 🤭😂😂😂. Today we also had more visitors (I leave this to you all to work out which 😜)

19/04/2025

19/04/2025

Today is day two of our Fleece to Fashion display in the Munro Pavilion at Sydney Royal. As usual our ladies surpassed themselves, they have spun, woven, needle felted, knitted and crocheted themselves into exhaustion. As usual the public have been amazed at the work produced and wanted to have a try at a spinning wheel. Yesterday the favourite was Berra and her Turkish Weaving. The young and old flocked to her table to have a go and at times there was quite a wait before your turn.
The hi-lite was also a visit from "Violet" who then gave free kisses all round. Once again thank you one and all for your friendship and more to importantly your tallent

14/03/2025

We are so proud to share this with you all. Fibre Naturally has processed our fibre into beautiful yarn for many years and we have never regretted that choice. The yarn is beautiful and on top of that, Gayle and Jamie-Lee join us at Sydney Royal every year as part of our "Fleece to Fashion" team. Along with demonstrating their wonderful needle felting machine, producing beautiful individual scarves and blankets, Jamie-Lee demonstrates her beautiful weaving skills for all to admire. They process the fleece donated by our sponsors into butts for our team to spin, weave, knit and crochet the alpaca fibre into the items we all admire and wear.
Congratulations Fibre Naturally such well deserved winners, we are so proud to call you friends - keep up your great work 🎉
If you plan on attending Sydney Royal Show please come down to the Alpaca Show in the Munro Pavilion and see first hand this wonderful team in action.

14/07/2024

Congratulations Mandala Alpacas
Suri Supreme Grey
Christmas Carnival of Colour
MANDALA GREASED LIGHTENING

14/07/2024

To say we are proud and happy is an understatement

Congratulations Mandala Alpacas
Suri Supreme Grey
Christmas Carnival of Colour
MANDALA GREASED LIGHTENING

02/04/2024

Sydney Royal 2024 is over. Another very successful five days with my wonderful Fleece to Fashion team of now firm friends. You were again wonderful, but why would I expect less, your talents are enviable, but yes today Helen did teach me a thing or two about spinning wheels, so no more excuses. I apologise for the painful hands & fingers several of you are experiencing, but sorry no workers comp🤭. I do sincerely hope a couple of days rest fixes the problem. I know we certainly have a large number of visitors who now have a far better understanding of what we do with our beautiful fleeces all due to you. Thank you all for your help and your unwavering enthusiasm and yes I promise no retirement if humanely possible. Just a few photos to show how sad our beautiful area looks as our day comes to a close and also our 15 naked, but by far happier shearing team. 💕🥰

01/04/2024

Day 4 of Sydney Royal Fleece to Fashion is now a wrap. Another great day full of questions and interested public. Today we welcomed a new member to our merry band of workers. A very big welcome to Hanim and her georgous grandaughter Ummuhani aka "little packhorse". Hanim does the most beautiful Kilim Tapestry. Do you think she uses a pattern? No, she doesn't, the pattern materialises as she weaves, she tells me, the pattern emerges as she goes, her mood determines the pattern. If happy, then bright colours emerge, if sad, it is more subdued. At home in the villages in Turkey, young girls in love, will have flowers and birds emerge as they weave. It is such a pleasure to watch as her fingers fly across the warp. Her friend, Berra, who joined us last year, was as usual, a great hit, especially with the children. Berra makes at home, cardboard looms, she then teaches them how to weave and home they go with their little looms and a great desire to complete their work. We even had a teacher from Woolongong today learn how it is done and left with her sample loom and a new craft is about to appear in a Woolongong school. All this really makes the hard work and tiredness almost worthwhile.

22/02/2024

Sydney Royal AlpacaShow - Art, Craft and Photography - Entries now open in E-Alpaca. Everyone is welcome to enter even NON AAA Members. Join in the fun of the Sydney Royal Alpaca Show