A Rum Tale

[Guest]

I have been following the Scotch thread with interest and it reminded me that whilst in Far North Queensland recently we visited the Bundaberg Rum Distillery.
This seemed like a good time to post this set whilst in the spirit. (Groan).
I remember my dear old Dad being very fond of humming the drinking song - "Little Brown Jug", the first verse of which is:

Me and my wife live all alone
In a little log hut we call our own
She loves gin and I love rum
Together we have lots of fun

It goes on and on, but I love this verse:

And when I die don't bury me at all
Just pickle my bones in alcohol
Put a bottle of booze at my head and feet
And then I know that I will keep

Ha Ha Ha You and Me
Little Brown Jug don't I love Thee!

This is a typical vista of Queensland sugar cane fields near Cairns.


I think sugar cane is the most boring of crops,but here it is.


And from there it goes to the distillery.


And then into a bottle.


All with the E-M5 with L Plates on.

[Guest]

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Lyn, what a great set ... why have you kept it from us for so long!

Love your opening vista - and I don't mind o drop of "Bundi" either !

[Zuiko]

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Lyn, thanks for the memory of that old drinking song, also for a great documentary style set showing where the cane comes from and where it goes. The only thing missing is a shot of a half empty bottle with a generously filled glass beside it, something I'm sure you could easily stage - purely for artistic purposes, of course! I haven't drunk rum for a long, long time but now I'm tempted.

[Guest]

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In Lyn's case, a shot of an empty bottle and glass would be more likely and the best we could hope for, John !

[Wee man]

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Would need IS on for a shot like that?

[jdal]

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Nice set, that vista's great.

The rum must be getting into the sea, it seems to be tilting away to the north.

[Ann1e]

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Lovely set, Lyn - brings back good memories of our drive up from Palm Cove, where we were staying for a few days, to Port Douglas. I have at the back of my mind that they were harvesting, although we were in Queensland in the August, so I'm not sure my memory isn't playing tricks with me! However, bearing in mind the weather when we were there, in mid-winter, was more like ours mid-summer, I guess there could be more than one harvesting season.

Regards,
Ann1e

[Floribunda]

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Lyn, what a great set ... why have you kept it from us for so long!

Love your opening vista - and I don't mind o drop of "Bundi" either !

Glad you like it Mark - you know me and landscapes!

In Lyn's case, a shot of an empty bottle and glass would be more likely and the best we could hope for, John !

Oh Ha Ha.

Nice set, that vista's great.

The rum must be getting into the sea, it seems to be tilting away to the north.

Yep - it goes North all the way to Indonesia John. Glad you like the vista.

[Floribunda]

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Lyn, thanks for the memory of that old drinking song, also for a great documentary style set showing where the cane comes from and where it goes. The only thing missing is a shot of a half empty bottle with a generously filled glass beside it, something I'm sure you could easily stage - purely for artistic purposes, of course! I haven't drunk rum for a long, long time but now I'm tempted.

No rum bottle in the house John - and NOT because I have drunk it all either!
This is the best I could do - and before Mark implies it - this is NOT my usual drinking mug of choice.

[Floribunda]

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Lovely set, Lyn - brings back good memories of our drive up from Palm Cove, where we were staying for a few days, to Port Douglas. I have at the back of my mind that they were harvesting, although we were in Queensland in the August, so I'm not sure my memory isn't playing tricks with me! However, bearing in mind the weather when we were there, in mid-winter, was more like ours mid-summer, I guess there could be more than one harvesting season.

Regards,
Ann1e

Thanks for joining in Ann1e - Yes, they sow sugar cane several times a year and harvest is on-going. This was the first time I had seen the cane flowering - it has huge tassel-type flowers and a large crop looks quite attractive when they blow in the wind. I love the little trains that collect the cane and criss-cross the highways, but I didn't manage to get a really good shot of one.
The aroma from the distilleries is pure magic - it smells like molasses and is just beautiful.

[Floribunda]

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I feel it was remiss of me not to mention Bundy R. Bear. He is the mascot of the Bundaberg Rum Co. and has featured in many TV commercials.
He is the unusual choice of a Polar Bear and was introduced in 1961. The inference being that the company's rum could ward off the coldest chill. He is portrayed as a larrikin and usually meets up with some blokes trying to "pull birds", but of course Bundy gets the girls and the blokes drink the rum as a consolation prize.

[OM USer]

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Nice set Lyn. You are right about the sugar cane though - it is a boring crop. I've always found pictures of cane harvesting/factories/distilliaries more interesting than the cane fileds themselves.

[Floribunda]

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Nice set Lyn. You are right about the sugar cane though - it is a boring crop. I've always found pictures of cane harvesting/factories/distilliaries more interesting than the cane fileds themselves.

Thank you OM. It was your "Wee Dram" thread that reminded me of the Bundy Distillery. My son-in-law enjoys a dram and we usually give him a bottle of Scotch for his birthday, so I have taken note of brands in your thread and will try and get him one. I suspect some of the prices will scare me and I am not sure of the availability in Oz,but the research will be fun.

[Guest]

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No rum bottle in the house John - and NOT because I have drunk it all either!
This is the best I could do - and before Mark implies it - this is NOT my usual drinking mug of choice.

You can take her word on that one John - she skulls it straight from the bottle!