Cotton Fields Irrigation

This large irrigation channel (which would be full of water during the growing season) was at the head of the field and the black pipes fed the water to each row of cotton plants. They had to be started flowing manually and the farmer had to beware of snakes that had settled in them when not in use!

Cotton Everywhere but on the Farm

June 23rd 2014
We were picked up from outside the Showgrounds for our Cotton Tour, although the bus was rather late and I started worrying that he’d forgotten us. There were already 9 other people on the small bus and as we were the last, our guide, Scott, started to give us a run down on what the tour would entail. Unfortunately, all the cotton had been picked in the local area so we wouldn’t be able to see ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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