We are receiving enquiries - "Why is the sugar in your region the sweetest in the world?", "Do you irrigate the cane?", "Where does the water come from?"

This page is to help answer your questions. We decided not to repeat what is already on the web, but to find informative sites, give a summary of the topics on the sites and point you in the right direction.

Over countless years, the Burdekin River has changed course many times. It has meandered over most of what is now called the Lower Burdekin or the Burdekin Delta. The river left vast deposits of sand many metres deep. The sand fills with water which can be pumped for irrigation. This is the aquifer - the source of our "Liquid Gold".

South Burdekin Water Board
After you arrive at their site, place your cursor over the menu item “Water Systemï”. There is information about the aquifer, action to protect it and recharge it, and about irrigation.   Link »

CSIRO A study of irrigation and the Burdekin aquifer. "Healthy Crop and Healthy Groundwater – Sugarcane in the Burdekin Delta.", (PDF 506KB)   Link »

The Burdekin River
Brief but comprehensive information about the River which brings us our "Gold"   Link »

The Burdekin Dam
Information about the Dam, fishing and boating. The Burdekin Dam - the "Bank" for our "Gold"   Link »

BSES school pack
Answers to some common questions -
Australian Sugar Industry	Weather
Environmental Management	The Sugarcane Plant
Germination and Stool Establishment	Early Growth
Maturation and Ripening	Photosynthesis
Flowering	Ratooning
Disease Management	Pest Management
Quarantine	Harvesting
Sugar Milling	24 page PDF 1.07MB, Link »

Australian Primary Industries
Some of the topics on their site -
Introduction	History
Growing	Harvesting
Uses of sugar	By-products
Exporting including list of ports	Link »

Queensland Sugar
See links under - Supply Chain Solutions	Link »

Canegrowers
Australian sugar industry movie	About Ethanol
Sugarcane, paddock to plate	Our environmental focus
Biotechnology & GE sugarcane	Data & Statistics
About Carbon Trading & ETS	Link »
When you arrive at their site, check - Industry Centre - About Australian Sugar (and others).

Sucrogen     Link »
Sucrogen Bioethanol     Link »
Inkerman Sugar Mill   Wikipedia     Link »

Maps & Satellite Photos
The extent of sugar crops   Link »

Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc.
Qld sugar cane railways today.
How we get the cane to the mills   Link »


Cotton trial crops
A promising new crop in the Burdekin   Link »

Pumpkins
A Burdekin farmer is successfully growing pumpkins at Mona Park after some changes to his irrigation methods.   Link »

Soybean and Cassava   Link »


Have you found a site with useful information about the crops and industries we have in Home Hill? We’d like to hear about it. Did you find the information at these sites useful or interesting? .