In their first year of commercial production, Pecora Dairy made about two tonnes of cheese. Today they run around 200 sheep and produce about 10 tonnes of cheese, selling directly to consumers through their Robertson venue Pecora Wine & Cheese and a small number of specialty cheese shops.

“I was struck by the abundance of nature here, and the colours and the shapes. It was so different to what I had grown up with or seen before. And I really liked that it wasn’t delicate. An English garden is full of pretty, delicate flowers and while Australian natives are beautiful in their own way, they have that robustness."