abc.net.au/news/patrick-the-camel-is-a-tiktok-sensation-and-big-farm-earner/102044906Sharing snippets of life as a camel farmer online has opened up a whole raft of opportunities for a family farm on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
In particular, a camel named Patrick has attracted a devoted fanbase after Yasmin shared some of his antics on the video-sharing app TikTok. "We've doubled the numbers that we've got on that — the tourism has doubled and then quadrupled, and then the overall business is about a 20 to 30 per cent increase," Yasmin said.
Before long, the family was buying its first herd of 20 camels and figuring out how best to manage the animals.Yasmin and Lauren Brisbane can identify and name all of the animals, despite them not being tagged.For Yasmin, showcasing life as an Australian camel farmer to the world gives her a chance to combine her two big passions: farming and performing.
"The filming and performing arts are going really well, so I just made them work [as] … this hybrid."Although Yasmin doesn't make money from posting video content on TikTok, what she can do is channel that online audience to the farm.