Campo Verde Alpacas & Llamas

03/09/2026

I’ve been wondering why the girls haven’t been coming up to their shelter or running towards me lately when I move the wheelbarrow... 🤔

Turns out they’re in the middle of an oasis of lush spring pasture that seems to have grown exponentially in the past few days.

Some areas are knee high of delicious grasses and clovers.

It’s a bitter sweet spot where they are; it’s the paddock where our male llamas passed in the wildfires, just 7 months ago. It’s also where they are buried.

Deep down, I think they are sending all their love and energy back towards the earth, feeding the pastures that, in their turn, feed their surviving friends. ❤️

26/08/2026

Feeling safe comes first. The bushfires taught me a lot about this.

So much of CAMELIDynamics begins with this question:

Does this animal feel safe?

Until your alpaca or llama feels some sense of safety, he will have a difficult, if not impossible, time learning or focusing.

Giving an animal an escape route might seem counterintuitive when you need to approach, halter or handle them. But taking away the feeling of being trapped can change the entire conversation.

www.camelidynamics.com

23/08/2026

Sometimes the smallest gesture yields the biggest impact. 🌱 🪴

A tiny spider plant gift from Alison, owner of a local cattery, has grown into two new plants and ignited my love for indoor plants and gardening again.

A rhubarb cutting from Georgie and Leonie, who bought alpacas from us 6 years ago, has survived the fire and thrived into a massive plant in our vegetable garden.

Our dead willow tree, loved by all our alpacas and llamas who would sit under its shade, looks over two new willows we planted today.

Anthony and I continue to thank all of you who lent a hand, gave us a tiny gift, baked a cake, washed our clothes, donated to our GoFundMe, and gave us hope to carry on. We love you all!

18/08/2026

It’s been a week since they arrived and the llama weanlings are settling in well. 😊

We have increased their area to include one large paddock. The two boys, Naz and Reife are little models, always posing for the camera.

The three girlies Dasher, Juniper and Armidala are inseparable and still quite flighty. It’s very hard to get a portrait photo as they move as one.

I’ve started gentle handling in a pen with these darlings during the few dry days we’ve had. Hoping for more dry sunny days ahead after a big rain storm forecast for tomorrow. 🤞🏽

16/08/2026

I’ve always disliked selling alpacas as “herd guardians” because I feared they would not be looked after by their owners. But I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the care and high welfare given to them by the various people I’ve sold alpacas to (I have a pretty strict criteria)!

These photos are from Jenna and Alex’s farm Addington Downs in the central highlands. They have purchased alpacas from us for both fibre production (Alex loves knitting) and to help keep foxes away from their precious ewes and lambs.

These photos just melted my heart. Inca, Kentucky and Daniela are so bonded with the ewes and the lambs, it is amazing to see! In the years they’ve lambed, Jenna and Alex have not lost a single lamb to foxes!

But what makes me even happier is knowing their alpacas (my former “children”) are so well cared for. They understand how important animal welfare is.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the world was filled with people who care for their animals like this? ❤️