King Island Dairies
Tasmania is a part of Australia. It’s an island and state in that country. As the location of Tasmania goes, its 240 kilometers south of the continent, divided by the Bass Strait. The state Tasmania has an island within it which is the 26th largest island in the world. It is said to be a natural state or also referred to as the "island of inspiration". This is because the environment there is as natural as it could be. Proving it, it is said that, 37% of Tasmania is filled with reserves, national parks and World Heritage Sites.
Apart from providing other things for entertainment, one of them includes, the King Island Dairy, situated on the King Island in Bass Strait. It is considered to be one of Australia's most famous cheese producers. The location of King Island, marks the western edge of Bass Strait, being placed 80 kilometers north west of Tasmania and then down south of Cape Otway, Victoria. This extremely popular King Island Dairy produces of high quality, French-style camembert, brie and blue cheeses, along with extremely traditional cheddars, hard cheeses, yoghurt and delectable, thick clotted tasty cream. Multi-award winning cheeses are created from the milk produced by the Island’s 25 dairy farms and 7,500 dairy cows. Tourists can visit the Fromagerie to have the special samples of the King Island range of products and see cheeses maturing in the cellar. It is said that in 2002, King Island Dairies celebrated 100 years of dairying, making it one of Australia’s oldest cheese producers.
King Island was first sighted during the 1797 by the Captain William Campbell, and was proclaimed a separate state in the 1825. It is said that the Island’s location, in the path of the Roaring Forty winds, resulted in hundreds of shipwrecks along its coastline during the 19th century. Local legend have said that the straw mattresses from the wrecks contained grass seeds that floated ashore and propagated in the island’s rich soil, resulting in a unique variety of grass on which the dairy cows of King Island graze.
After knowing the fascinating history of the place, one must surely plan a visit there to see it for further interesting facts.