Scenic Rim, Queensland

Summer Land Camel Farm

On Tuesday 25 June we visited the Camel Farm at Harrisville in the Scenic Rim district in South East Queensland.  The camels are ones retrieved from Central Australia where there are plague proportions of camels just wandering around in the desert.  Summer Land has professional cameleers who train the wild camels and people can enjoy riding these strong, stable, gentle and intelligent beauties each with their individual personalities.  The rides are on tandem saddles for a traditional camel caravan ride.  The property has stunning natural beauty with an abundance of native flora, fauna and birdlife.  There is also a cafe and retail store on the farm where you can sample the dairy products such as camel milk, cheeses, gelatos, chocolate, delicious camel meats and charcuterie, cakes and camelccino.  There are also anti-aging skin care products and I bought a small jar of lip balm.

There were many Camels who came to greet us, especially when they saw we had purchased bags of grass which they devoured when we held out a handful for them.

There are over 500 Camels on the property.  Summer Land began in 2015 when the Government began a culling programme targeting wild Camels.  These Camels were rescued from a gruesome fate. 

This is the shop and cafe where we purchased some retail products and also bought some gelato ice cream.  Summer Land is Australia's largest Camel dairy and Wild Camel Training Centre.  Camel milk is also good for the skin.

Here is my bowl of strawberry gelato ice cream which was delicious.  Studies have shown that Camel Milk has many nutritional benefits and is thought to be the closest milk to human breast milk.