The Shahrizai-to-Southern-Ocean Story
Our Alpaca Journey began in Queensland in 2007 with the creation of Shahrizai Alpacas. For years, we built our herd in the hot, humid north. In 2016, with the herd in Oakey, just outside of Toowoomba, we hit our peak of 280 alpacas on farm. We were breeding everything from white huacayas to dark suris, and we were breeding the with great success. We were proud to be a part of a very successful group of breeders in Sunshine State Alpacas, and as a group, we achieved a great deal between 2012 and 2017. But we needed a new challenge, and we decided to move to South Australia.
We knew moving south would be a great chance to bring our herd to another level. We also knew that a climatic change would be good for our animals. We chose nearly 100 to take with us on the move and set up pretty quickly at Yaringa on the western side of the peninsula. Three years on, we made our way to the new property at Kings Beach.
During the COVID lockdown, we decided that another change was coming. Shahrizai was the herd name from the very beginning, but it didn’t reflect our family, our new home, or where we are headed. Looking each day at the 230-degree views of the beautiful Southern Ocean, from Goolwa in the distant east to the magical cliffs of Waitpinga to the west, we knew what the new herd name would be.
The new logo features a wave, symbolising the water crashing against the cliffs below. But to the astute suri breeder, the wave in the logo is also a perfect recreation of the ideal suri fleece lock. The blue and the green matching the bright, vivid colours of the coast.
We look very forward to a new chapter in our alpaca breeding adventure - a chapter set against the most breathtaking backdrop in an amazing part of the world.
We knew moving south would be a great chance to bring our herd to another level. We also knew that a climatic change would be good for our animals. We chose nearly 100 to take with us on the move and set up pretty quickly at Yaringa on the western side of the peninsula. Three years on, we made our way to the new property at Kings Beach.
During the COVID lockdown, we decided that another change was coming. Shahrizai was the herd name from the very beginning, but it didn’t reflect our family, our new home, or where we are headed. Looking each day at the 230-degree views of the beautiful Southern Ocean, from Goolwa in the distant east to the magical cliffs of Waitpinga to the west, we knew what the new herd name would be.
The new logo features a wave, symbolising the water crashing against the cliffs below. But to the astute suri breeder, the wave in the logo is also a perfect recreation of the ideal suri fleece lock. The blue and the green matching the bright, vivid colours of the coast.
We look very forward to a new chapter in our alpaca breeding adventure - a chapter set against the most breathtaking backdrop in an amazing part of the world.
