"Caroline's sultry and soulful eyes are hooded and heavy-lashed. She's straight out of central, Paul Martin whispers, gazing at his star performer with admiration. Martin is not speaking of central casting the camel farmer is referring to the Central Desert region of Australia, where at least half a million of Caroline's kin roam wild. Now far from feral, Caroline quietly chews cud as suction cups on her teats gurgle away, hoses connected to 8-litre glass bottles filling up with pure white milk."
"After a decade of supplying the domestic camel milk market from this 130 hectare (320 acre) farm in south-east Queensland's Scenic Rim one of the first commercial camel dairies in Australia Martin wants to start supplying the stuff to the United States. He hopes to export 60,000 litres this year the first shipment in what he believes could one day become a major new commodity for a country that, it was once said, was built off the sheep's back."
Caroline is a dairy camel on a 130-hectare farm in south-east Queensland, milked by suction into 8-litre glass bottles. Her bloodline produces more than double the milk of average wild-caught camels, suggesting genetic selection can raise herd productivity. The farm is one of Australia's first commercial camel dairies and supplies a domestic market after a decade of operation. The owner plans a first export shipment of 60,000 litres to the United States, aiming to develop camel milk as a significant new agricultural commodity. The camels graze lush pastures rather than their arid native ranges.
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