When I was youger and stupid , I did some banana humping at a farm nr Innisfail, NQ. Bloody hard , back breaking work as the stalks weigh up tp 100kgs, and all sorts of insects , and the odd snake, live in them , also.you end up covered in the black soil that they have around the farms. I took up skippering boats as it paid better and was a lot less work. Bill
I was born and raised in Melbourne and my mum was from Queensland, all my young life she told us kids one of her jobs was in the banana bending factory.........we used to tell everyone else.......
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Judy
"There is no moment of delight in any journey like the beginning of it"
Shed work or field work ? I've done some picking etc [ no bananas but practically everything else ] and there's a huge difference between the packing sheds and the picking and carting. Knew a couple of Poms at Bowen who had done some time in the bananas at Tully, they were originally from Manchester and they had left the UK thinking Manchester was a wet place but had to rethink that assessment after working in the bananas at Tully. Backpackers seem to be getting these jobs above locals these days.
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You don't know what you've got till it's gone so I gave it all away to see what I had.
Those bunches are HEAVY!! Dirty and hard work, plus you have to watch for snakes, and run the risk of getting leptospirosis from the rat urine, not to mention the effects of all those chemicals they use on the plants (and sometimes carelessly on the workers too). I wouldn't do it for any amount of money, was bad enough living close to farms and having respiratory problems from overspray.
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Cheers, Marianna.
The more I learn about people, the more I like my dogs (Mark Twain)
