Camel milk skin care products could help solve feral camel problem

CAMEL milk could help solve Australia’s feral camel problem and a Central Coast couple is doing its bit with plans for a specialised new industry.

Dr Jane Rose and Richard Williams of Copacabana have a new skin care range made from camel milk. Picture: Mark Scott

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CAMEL milk could help solve Australia’s feral camel problem and a Central Coast couple is doing its bit with plans for a specialised new industry

Vet Dr Jane Rose and her partner, engineer Richard Williams, of Copacabana are well into a venture they hope will help turn the feral camel problem into a winning camel milk dairying industry.

The pair will build a Central Coast factory manufacturing a range of premium skincare products made from camel milk if their plans come to fruition.

The supply of camel milk in Australia is growing. Picture: Greg Scullin

They’ve set up the Australian Camel Milk Company and sell a range of camel milk skin care products online and through market stalls — but they have bigger plans.

So far their products — marketed under the name ‘Camelife’ are being manufactured in Israel using Dr Rose’s special recipes because there is a more reliable supply of camel milk there.

“We are looking to build our own factory somewhere on the Central Coast — potentially Kincumber — but we have to find a property and put the finance together,” Mr Williams said.

The venture might eventually have it’s own camels. Picture: Andy Rogers

“This time next year we hope to have everything manufactured in Australia,” he said.

“It’s more than a dream — that’s our plan we are deadly serious about this business — we’ve invested our lives into it.”

At least one of the Camelife range — a body mousse — is already made from all Australian camel milk sourced from a farm at Muswellbrook.

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This is then manufactured by a boutique operation in the village of Nundle before it is brought back for packaging in Dr Rose and Mr Williams’ Copacabana kitchen.

“The supply of camel milk in Australia is improving — there are more farms opening and starting all the time,” Mr Williams said.

“We may end up getting our own camels — it’s not out of the realms of possibility,” he said.