My name is Michelle and I live on Sydney's Northern Beaches, NSW Australia.
I got my first guinea pigs, Tegan (from a petshop), and Sian (from my neighbour Sharon). Tegan was a golden agouti who lived to the great age of 6 1/2 and Sian, a self black with an orange patch, lived to 3yrs.
A friend of my mum's told us about the cavy club and their show so I decided to stop by and take a look. There were so many breeds I had never seen or heard of before.
I was told that I could show my pet piggies, so off we went to the next show, became a member and bought two show pigs (a pink eyed golden and a pink eyed white).
I registered my stud name, MALIBU, shortly after and have been travelling to shows near and far ever since.
I filled the 'Entries Secretary Position' of the Northsiders Cavy Club in 1999 and am still enjoying doing this.
I entered the Sydney Royal Easter Show for the first time last year (2000) and this year took out BEST IN SHOW, with my black crested sow "Grand Champion Mt.Loiusa Jutta".
I am a NSW steward (I take the pigs to the Judge's table in pen shows) and have been stewarding at the Sydney Royal for the past two years.
I travelled to the Nationals at Narrandera this year for the first time (thanks to the driving expertise of Maria and map reading from Gemma). I went away with a BEST OF BREED with a black crested sow from my breeding - "Malibu K'Reenah-Mia" (who was only 8 months old), and achieved BEST NOVICE with "Jutta".
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