Mossman Mill crushing
finished 15th November 13.
With 7580 hectares of sugar Cane harvested and just over 587,000 tonnes
crushed in total. This was the largest
crop the Mossman Mill had handled for 12 years.
Steve is now camped up at Mareeba with the camper trailer,
driving sugar cane trucks and delivering to Mareeba Mill. However due to the heavy rain over the last
week, it is extremely dangerous to get on to the pads (field) to pick up and
drop of cages. Work has been cancelled
now for a couple of days. Steve was on
nights last week and broke down for 3 hours at night, in the dark and
everything switched off (at 100kh) and he had no steering or lights etc. One truck parked behind him and
another parked in front of him, until the mechanic got the truck fixed again.
My little cabin in the Pandanus Caravan Park, Port Douglas.
Apparently the wet doesn't really arrive until January???
The wet is here and so is Dengue fever!!
Today we both had the same day off so headed back up to Mareeba to check on the camper trailer and whilst there, went to Jaques coffee plantation, which over looks the Great Dividing range.
The Jaques family have a long history of growing coffee in Australia, developing the world's first mechanical coffee harvester, with many trials & tribulations battling to grow the perfect coffee. Now at the 3rd generation of coffee growing, the plantation is furnished with 85,000 Arabica coffee trees on rich soil, boasting a smooth & vibrant flavour unique to this location.
Arabica Coffee trees.
Coffee trees in flower.
Steve enjoying his coffee & cake.
Me & Mr Bean!!
A Bustard hanging around for coffee!!
Christmas lunch!! Whoops I mean Helmeted Guinea Fowl.
Another stunning look out coming down one of the ranges.
What a place to have a new house built.
Who lives in this house?
Well the guy that owns AMart stores that's who, its one of his weekenders!
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