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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Natalie Parletta

Quattro formaggio: four species cheese a combined effort by Queensland producers

Paul Martin from Summer Land Camels, Dallas and Carolyn Davidson from Towri Sheep Cheese dairy, Nathan Jackson from Naughty LIttle Kids, and Kay and Dave Tommerup from Tommerup's Dairy
From left: Paul Martin from Summer Land Camels, Dallas and Carolyn Davidson from Towri Sheep Cheese dairy, Nathan Jackson from Naughty Little Kids, and Kay and Dave Tommerup from Tommerup’s Dairy. Photograph: Summer Land Camels / Towri Sheep Cheese / Naughty Little Kids / Tommerup's Dairy

What do you get when sheep, camel, goat and Jersey milk farmers join forces after flood devastation? A “collaboration cheese” so complex to make, “it’s like the truffle of the cheese world,” says Dallas Davidson of Towri Sheep Cheeses.

The farm, in south-east Queensland’s Scenic Rim region, was among many impacted by 2022’s repeated flooding events. Unable to milk their cherished herd of Awassi sheep, Dallas and her mother, Carolyn Davidson, were down to the milk supply stored in their freezer – not enough to mature their award-winning hard cheeses in time to fulfil orders.

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