They’re soft and snuggly ... and spitters. Pauline Glasser fell in love with alpacas at the Royal Sydney Show about 40 years ago. Now she owns about 40 of them. She spoke to RICK BAYNE.
Pauline Glasser has a good reason for farming alpacas — she likes them and it was a case of love at first sight.
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Pauline and her husband Colin first saw alpacas at the Royal Sydney Show about 40 years ago.
“We looked at them and loved them and said one day we’ll have some of those,” she said.
“The opportunity came up to buy some for my husband’s 50th birthday and you don’t buy one, you buy two and then you buy a herd.
“They were different at the time and the industry has lots of friendly people. They’re great to have and we love them.”
Their farm Wahgungurry Alpacas, overlooking the Clarence River at Lower Southgate in northern NSW, is home to about 40 alpacas and Pauline is vice-president of the southern Queensland and northern NSW region for the Australian Alpaca Association.
In 2024, she was awarded the Shane Read Medal for volunteer achievement, contribution, service and leadership to the industry.
Earlier this year, the association hosted events across Australia to mark its 35 years and to recognise National Alpaca Week, with the national show held at Bendigo in August.
