SANDY MCDONALD tells his story over coffee and biscuits in the spartan tearoom of Mossman Agricultural Services - known as Mossag. A sugarcane grower "from up Saltwater Creek way" 10 km north, he's red-faced, blue-overalled, aged 60, and working two days a week as Mossag's storeman. "Dad raised six kids on our 46 ha of cane, and we brought up our son there," Sandy says. "But now, both myself and my wife work off the farm. We can't make a living from cane alone - even if it doubled in price." Outsidefumes the stack of Mossman Central Mill, operated by the farmer-owned, century-old cane-crushing company. A further minute's walk is Mossman's centre. The fig-decked Far North Queensland town sits in a dreamy tropical landscape between the Daintree and the Great Barrier Reef.
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机译：SANDY MCDONALD在Mossman农业服务公司称为Mossag的斯巴达茶室里讲了关于咖啡和饼干的故事。他是一个甘蔗种植者，从北面10公里处的“咸水溪道上来”，满脸红色，脸蓝，现年60岁，每周工作两天，担任Mossag的仓库管理员。桑迪说：“爸爸在我们46公顷的甘蔗上养了六个孩子，然后我们把儿子抚养在那里。” “但是现在，我和我妻子都在农场工作。即使价格翻了一番，我们也不能靠甘蔗为生。”外面的烟熏莫斯曼中央磨坊（Mossman Central Mill）是由农民拥有的，有着百年历史的甘蔗压榨公司经营的。再走一分钟便是莫斯曼的中心。无花果装饰的远北昆士兰镇坐落在丹特里和大堡礁之间的梦幻热带景观中。
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