Comments on: The Banana Republic of Cairns http://everything-everywhere.com/2008/04/21/the-banana-republic-of-cairns/ Gary Arndt's journey to travel blog around the world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:14:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tonnie http://everything-everywhere.com/2008/04/21/the-banana-republic-of-cairns/#comment-3671 Tonnie Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:55:22 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=575#comment-3671 I also went to the World Heritage Rainforest there, I believe it was Karunda. I also went to the World Heritage Rainforest there, I believe it was Karunda.

]]> By: Tonnie http://everything-everywhere.com/2008/04/21/the-banana-republic-of-cairns/#comment-3670 Tonnie Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:54:08 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=575#comment-3670 Cairns was my 2nd trip to Australia. I liked it I wanted to fly over the Great Barrier Reef in a plane instead of a helicopter cause the flight is longer, but the weather was bad. But one day I'll go back to see the Reef. Cairns was my 2nd trip to Australia. I liked it I wanted to fly over the Great Barrier Reef in a plane instead of a helicopter cause the flight is longer, but the weather was bad. But one day I’ll go back to see the Reef.

]]> By: Stephen Hope http://everything-everywhere.com/2008/04/21/the-banana-republic-of-cairns/#comment-2426 Stephen Hope Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:51:53 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=575#comment-2426 There's quite a lot of other crops, but mostly not by the highway. If you'd gone off the main road near Bundaberg, there is a lot of vegetable farms - backpackers often stop there for a while and do seasonal work to get some quick cash. Just north of Brisbane you would have driven through plantation timber. But mostly we use the coastal strip for sugar cane and bananas because they both like it wet - and the coastal strip gets a lot of rain showers even in drought years. Go over the great divide, were the coastal showers don't reach, and it becomes more like you were expecting. Just south of Innisfail, at Tully, we got hit by a Cat 5 hurricane a few months after Katrina. It took out more than half of Australia's banana crop for a few years. There’s quite a lot of other crops, but mostly not by the highway. If you’d gone off the main road near Bundaberg, there is a lot of vegetable farms – backpackers often stop there for a while and do seasonal work to get some quick cash. Just north of Brisbane you would have driven through plantation timber.

But mostly we use the coastal strip for sugar cane and bananas because they both like it wet – and the coastal strip gets a lot of rain showers even in drought years. Go over the great divide, were the coastal showers don’t reach, and it becomes more like you were expecting.

Just south of Innisfail, at Tully, we got hit by a Cat 5 hurricane a few months after Katrina. It took out more than half of Australia’s banana crop for a few years.

]]> By: Nomadic Matt http://everything-everywhere.com/2008/04/21/the-banana-republic-of-cairns/#comment-2417 Nomadic Matt Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:39:38 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=575#comment-2417 there's a reason they are called bananna benders!! there’s a reason they are called bananna benders!!

]]> By: travelphilippines http://everything-everywhere.com/2008/04/21/the-banana-republic-of-cairns/#comment-2415 travelphilippines Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:01:08 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=575#comment-2415 very beautiful site love your site layout... very beautiful site love your site layout…

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