Queenzlanders Travelling Around Australia

09/05/2024

Getting ready for the sugar season again, driving trucks. Found a video on utube from 2019 that I bloke we know made, enjoy.

Carting Sugar Cane in the Atherton Tableland 2019.

26/04/2024

https://youtu.be/i4f1DF8vSSc?si=r0rGwO8k5SY0QZJ0

It has been one of the wettest wet seasons in Mission beach.We certainly found that out after waking up to find the Bali Hai caravan park was under water. Mi...

25/04/2024

Been a lot happening since our last post. Spent time with Courtney's family over Xmas and New year, then over to the North Island of NZ for a 3 week holiday. Spent a week in the South Island visiting family and friends before heading back to Australia to hit the road again. Headed north up the east coast of Qld slowly getting ready for the sugar season again. A 6 week stop over in Mackay, farm sitting a chicken farm while the owners went on holidays. We also picked up jobs working for Bridgestone Mining Solutions. Courtney in logistics and Trevor in the warehouse moving tyres and loading onto trucks. A great team to work for.
And sadly we now continue our journey without our precious little Summa. She has been travelling with us since we started, 9yrs ago. Her ashes now with us along with Riley's ashes. R.I.P

31/12/2023

Happy new year everyone. Another great year done and dusted. Finished off a long harvest on the Yorke Peninsula in January, did our first almond harvest and then onto FNQ for the sugar season. Been a great year and looking forward to another. Hoping you all have a great year and a prosperous future.

07/10/2023

We have been busy working in Far North Qld but both got a weekend off to do some exploring. So up to the Daintree we went. What an amazing part of the country it is, so it's on the list to come back to and spend more time at.

30/04/2023

Inside the harvester while picking up the Almonds. Can get loud inside sometimes.

30/04/2023

Inside the cab of the bank-out. The seat, steering wheel and side console all rotate 180 degrees so it can be driven backwards when facing forwards!

30/04/2023

Almond Harvest - Step 5 - The Bank-out or Chaser. Once the harvester trailer is full this machine reverses up to the trailer and unloads it.

30/04/2023

Almond Harvest - Step 4 - The Harvester or Pick-Up. This Mad Max looking machine picks up the clean rows and puts the almonds into a trailer that it tows behind. Once full the bank-out or chaser reverses up to the trailer and unloads it.

30/04/2023

Almond Harvest - Step 3 - The Conditioner. This machine picks up the swept rows and removes sticks, debris and dirt and puts the almonds back down into a clean row.

30/04/2023

Almond Harvest - Step 2 - The Sweeper. This post apocalyptic looking machine sweeps the fallen almonds into rows.

30/04/2023

Almond Harvest - Step 1- The Shaker. This machine does what it's name suggests.....it shakes! A good operator can shake 2000 trees a day.

30/04/2023

February saw us heading to the Riverland area of South Australia. The Murray River had been in flood and receeding so it was interesting to see just how high it got.

After a bit of sightseeing it was onto a new job for us to have a go at - Almond Harvest. We were located about 10mins over the SA border in Victoria. The almond orchard was a lot different for us after working in wide open, empty paddocks. So many machines are required to get the almonds from the tree to the storage bunker and then the almonds still have to get to the processing facility! We will put up some videos next to show the machines in action.

30/04/2023

We can't believe its been 3 months since our last post! Not sure if we have been slack or busy! So here is a bit of an update.

After finishing harvest in January we had a few days to explore the Yorke Peninsula before heading to the Barossa area to catch up with some friends and check out a few wineries.

20/01/2023

And we are off....thanks Maitland, SA. We have spent a fair amount of time here over the past 4 years. Time for a short break then off try our first Almond harvest.