Tuesday 9th June Blacks Beach
Shock/Horror we had been hit by a cold snap of 15 degs! However we were up and out to visit Sarina which we had driven through on our way here. We went to the Sarina Sugar Shed for a lesson on how the sugar is harvested through to its raw sugar stage and all the derivatives that our produced, such as Ethanol and molasses.This is the heartland of the sugar cane industry in Queensland. There is a window of 16 hours from the cutting of the cane to getting it to the mills. This is all done through a network of cane trains that they say is more complex than the London underground. The cane cutting should be starting in about 3 weeks time, Flowers can be see growing from the top of the cane which indicates that it is ready for harvesting.
Shock/Horror we had been hit by a cold snap of 15 degs! However we were up and out to visit Sarina which we had driven through on our way here. We went to the Sarina Sugar Shed for a lesson on how the sugar is harvested through to its raw sugar stage and all the derivatives that our produced, such as Ethanol and molasses.This is the heartland of the sugar cane industry in Queensland. There is a window of 16 hours from the cutting of the cane to getting it to the mills. This is all done through a network of cane trains that they say is more complex than the London underground. The cane cutting should be starting in about 3 weeks time, Flowers can be see growing from the top of the cane which indicates that it is ready for harvesting.
Thankfully it warmed up to a bright sunny day of 21 degs which we enjoyed as we had our home made lunch by the beach at Sarina. Drove home and took a long walk on our Blacks Beach, looking at all the marking that the soldier crabs make on the sand. They are about as big as your thumb nail (the soldier crabs) As Bazza said when I asked him about the time of the tides, Mate! when there lots of sand its low tide and when there no sand its high tide. Yeah thanks Bazza that really helps!
Returning to home just as the sun was setting beyond the headland. Quite a few people walking, some hitting golf balls, fishing, dogs! And a couple riding their horses along the 6 K stretch of sand. Time for another great dinner knocked up by Beatrice and a glass of wine, but not before we met a couple sitting out having a drink who told us of all the great places we should visit as we made our trip around OZ. We can’t see us getting home for at least 6 months! If we want to do and see everything we hear about. Tomorrow we go to Bowen for a couple of days, which is where they filmed the movie Australia; we will go via Airlie Beach just for a look see.
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