Tully Sugar Mill

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August 4th 2009

On Tuesday we went to Tully Sugar Mill to have a tour. The first machine we went to was called the Tippler. It was called the Tippler because it tipped all the sugar cane out of the sugar bins. On the way in we saw a kookaburra looking for a snack lurking in the sugar cane bins.


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Tully - Golden GumbootTully - Golden Gumboot
Tully - Golden Gumboot

This is because they have the most rainfall in Queensland
Sugar Mill - Cane trucksSugar Mill - Cane trucks
Sugar Mill - Cane trucks

The kookaburra is sitting on a rafter of the shed - top left of photo.
Sugar Mill - BurnerSugar Mill - Burner
Sugar Mill - Burner

Burning the debris to make steam to run the mill - 1000 degrees.






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