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.

“Art is the only thing I was ever good at,” says Melanie Waugh - a statement we accept with a healthy degree of scepticism.  “I was an average student, I wasn’t good at sport, but I could always draw. I never felt like I couldn’t do it.”