Only an hour drive from Cairns on the beautiful Atherton Tablelands you will find Gallo Dairyland. A short drive from Yungaburra, Atherton or Malanda you will be pleasantly surprised to find a gourmet cheese factory; a sensational café style restaurant and the most beautiful hand-crafted chocolate.
Gallo Dairyland is a unique cafe and licenced restaurant situated on a working dairy farm in Malanda with beautiful rural views. We specialise in hand-crafted chocolates and cheese platters. Gallo’s cheese is produced on site, the regions finest locally made cheese.
You can dine in and enjoy the picturesque views of sweeping hills and almost endless horizons and we also have many of our menu items available for take-away orders.
All of our beautiful chocolates and cheese products are expertly hand-crafted on site. We recommend you book in advance to ensure we can accommodate you when you plan to visit us.
Giovanni Gallo was just 24 years old when he left his family farm in southern Italy and sailed for 52 days to an unknown country (Australia) in search of a better life. Giovanni landed in Cairns in 1927. Once on the Atherton Tablelands, he worked the land picking corn with a horse and cart.
After years working the land, in 1937 Giovanni purchased his very own farm 64ha (160 acres) on the Barron River, Atherton - Malanda Road. The farm had an existing dairy, so the family continued with that alongside growing peanuts and vegetables. Giovanni would deliver the vegetables to grocery shops all along the coast from Innisfail to Cairns once a week that would supply the cane cutters.
Frank Gallo (born in Australia) was one of the nine children to Giovanni and Giovanna. Frank and his wife Ann had four children of their own. Frank would often dream of converting the family’s rotary dairy farm into an integrated educational dairy farm.
In 2007 Gallo Dairyland opened its doors and became a reality.
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