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THE WORLD'S LONGEST
MILK RUN
Fresh milk travels 3,000 kilometres
across the vast continent of Australia
by Michelle Timko
Nothing like fresh milk, say
the people of Darwin,
Australia where temperatures
often reach 40 degrees Centigrade
on a sweltering summer day. Milk
consumed in Darwin has travelled
over 3,000 kilometres across the
vast Australian continent, most of
which is desert, from the Malanda
Milk Factory in Northern
Queensland, the start of the
world's longest milk run.
The factory in Queensland, a
semi -tropical area of Australia, is
operated by the Atherton
Tablelands Co-operative Dairy
Association (ATCDA), and sup-
plies all northern Australia's fresh
milk, cream, and milk by-
products. Over half of the 72
million litres of milk produced an-
nually is shipped throughout an
area covering 43 per cent of the
Australian land mass.
The milk industry in the
Tablelands began as a cream in-
dustry with separation occurring
on individual farms and privately
owned trucks delivering the milk.
During the second World War,
American troops in the area in-
creased the demand for milk. In
1953, the first fresh milk was ship-
ped in bulk to Townsville.
The milk is shipped as raw, un-
pasteurized milk. It has only been
through a clarification process
where it is centrifuged to remove
unwanted particles such as dirt and
animal hair. The milk and cream
separate during this process, but
are remixed.
All the shipping is done by the