Surilox at the historic Nardoo, Coolongolook!

Surilox Alpacas, the home of Champion Suri Alpacas, is now at its permanent home at Nardoo.

Nardoo is situated close to the small locality of Coolongolook and has a history almost as old as NSW itself.

The land around Nardoo itself was originally ceded to the AA company on its inception in 1824. At this time the colony of NSW extended as far as the Manning River, and for a while Coolongolook, where Nardoo is situated, was one of the most northerly outposts of the new colony.

Click here to see an extract of the British Act of Parliament that invested the Australian Agricultural Company.

In 1831 the AA Company returned the larger proportion of the lands in the Mid North Coast to the Crown, finding it unsuitable for sheep.

In 1891 the NSW Government allowed the land around Telararee to be divided into farming land. Telararee was settled in 1815 and became Coolongolook around this time. The farm now known as Nardoo was acquired by the Kennedy family.

Nardoo is centred around  the Victorian cottage that was the original homestead of the Kennedy family. Steeped in history, Nardoo has seen a Gold rush, timber getters looking for Red Cedar, cattle grazing and now Alpacas and bush-foods.

We have embarked on restoring the homestead and farm into a productive and lively aggregation. With its borders of the Coolongolook River and the Bachelor State Forest, Nardoo is an easy kilometre from the Pacific Highway, which makes it isolated, yet easy to reach.

Link to AA Company Website & History http://www.aaco.com.au/History.aspx