Sugar Cane The sugar cane in Australia is mostly grown in Queensland and a small part of the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. In the old days long past the sugar cane was harvested by hand by men using very large machetes to cut the cane a very hot , tiring and dangerous job, dangerous because of the snakes that like to hang around in the sugar cane. The sugar cane fields are set alight to clear all the rubbish as well as the snakes after the fire died down in went in the harvesters to begin cutting away needless to say some of them were bitten by snakes and spiders none too happy about their cosy home being burnt down . Not to mention the odd occasion someone would manage to slice an arm or leg off either someone else's body part or their own , oops sorry about that you can hear them say. The work was done in a very hot and humid environment one had to be tough to work in the sugar cane fields tough men and women in a tough country . Now days they use mac...
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