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 machines to harvest the sugar cane and loading it onto the trains and trucks to be sent to the mills where it is processed into the white stuff we pour on our cereal and into our tea and coffees.
The cane fields are still set alight and it is a pretty spectacular sight to see it is something that a lot of preparation goes into for once a fire is set it go off very quickly the farmers always keep a close eye on them .
Also you might want to do you washing before they start buying everything as the ash and smoke for it would make it dirty and smelling of smoke if you live nearby also for the snakes and other creepy crawlies escaping the flames.
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