After the ANZAC ceremonies on the 25th of April, Mary Anne and David took us outfor the afternoon to a cotton farm near St George to explain it all and to get us a ride in the new cotton pickers David had been putting together as part of his job.
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| David explains to Sandy all about the cotton plant, how to farm it, what they are looking for and how to grade it. |
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| Sandy watches one of the new cotton pickers discharge one of the finished cotton bales |
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| I thought our Land Cruiser was a big beast, but not compared with one of these boys. This machine can pick 6 lines of cotton at one go. |
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Sandy is up for a ride, the cabin sits in the middle and is fully computerised.
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| This machine has satellite navigation, 360 degree vision via cameras, it also has cameras inside the machine so you can keep and eyeout for any problems, and a multitude of sensors, so if anything does go wrong you know exactly where. Down time for these machines becomes expensive, they cost $900,000.00 new, so if there are any problems they send out a specialised mechanic in a helicopter - there you go Kris, one for you? |
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| My turn |
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| Its great on cotton, I wonder if it is any good on grass, we could get our mowing time for the lawn down from 6 hours to maybe 30mins? |
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| Mary Anne with Sandy. Mary Anne and David use to farm cotton, before retiring from farming. |
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