The sweet air of Ayr

After a couple of wonderful days in Ayr we've now arrived in Townsville. That means there are no sugar canes outside the window anymore. Actually, there weren't any before either, but what I'll remember from the Burdekin landscape are the vast fields of sugar cane.

We held the presentation at the Rotary District conference on Satarday. I think we did all right, and gave the audience a pretty good picture of what Sweden is like, with the changing of the seasons - as compared with this part of the world where people talk of "dry season" and "wet season".

The people of Ayr (and nthe nearby town of Home Hill) has been very friendly. Proud of their shire as they are, they have shown and explained everything there is to know about their way of life. For a city kid like myself, I've certainly learnt a lot about modern farming.

Tomorrow: Great Barrier Reef. I can hardly wait!