Ever since we began visiting New Zealand in 2008, we have been noticing the rather dramatic replacement of sheep with cattle. Where mutton and merino once were king, now beef and dairy are. This was most recently confirmed in a fascinating article in The Washington Post which referred to New Zealand as "the Saudi Arabia of milk." We assume they meant cows' milk. Anyhow, driving near what our DK Eyewitness travel guide to New Zealand described as the largest single-site dairy processing plant in the world, the Fontera Dairy Factory, we knew we had to see it. And you had to, too.
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| View from main entrance |
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| Typical comings |
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| And goings |
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| But the navigational intricacies of Google Maps lead us to the back entrance and far greater detail; including the plant's water purification site |
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| It's a vast site |
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| Does its own electricity |
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| No visitors, though |
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| Its own line and station |
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| One can only wonder what the neighboring herds think of it all |
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| Cowettes en route to a new venue? We figured they were too big to make veal, too little to make milk...cowette finishing school? |
1 comment:
That place looked like an oil refinery!
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