September 2023
Company News
Happy 25th Birthday, Mirrabooka
On 4 September 2023, Mirrabooka celebrated its 25th birthday. On that day in 1998, Gary McNair and Bill Grove joined forces to form Mirrabooka Systems. Gary and Bill came from two very different niche markets, within two quite different industry sectors. Bill had been operating in the health sector since 1985, with Gary providing solutions to the manufacturing sector, mainly sugar refineries, since 1986.
The health care products included the flagship Clinical Administration System (CAS), a complete clinic manager originally designed for radiotherapy clinics, but also suitable for any large clinic situation. The manufacturing sector produced applications targeted as complete solutions for specific industries, whilst in addition developing other products for more general-purpose industry requirements. It is now the largest, independent supplier of cane management and payment systems in the Australian sugar industry.
Goodbye Bill
Which brings us to a new era at Mirrabooka. After more than 30 years in operation at a large number of radiotherapy units across the country, CAS was decommissioned from its final site at the end of June 2023, and Bill has now hung up his keyboard and mouse. Mirrabooka will not be quite the same without Bill, but we hope he may still drop in to see us when he can find the time in between his many leisure activities.
Mirrabooka into the future
Mirrabooka now offers solutions solely for the manufacturing sector, with our dedicated team of specialists continually striving to improve our product suite and delivering quality support to our clients. We look forward to working with them over the next 25 years and beyond.
CanePay R10
CanePay R10 has now been rolled out to all sites. It is also being trialled at a new site during the 2023 crushing season.
October 2022
Product Release News
Cane Payment R10 - our first, fully web based product
We are pleased to announce the launch of Mirrabooka's first, fully web-based product. Cane Payment R10 incorporates all the flexibility and features of the previous release, whilst having the added benefit of being fully web based within any modern web browser. Cane Payment R10 has so far been in operation at one major site for over six months, and is currently being run in parallel at two sites.
By the end of the 2022 crushing season, all sites will be operating on the V10 release.
CaneScan - Cane Tracking Unit
CaneScan has been developed in conjunction with Sugar Research Australia (SRA). The role of this unit is to prepare cane samples, control the movement of each conveyor and record the analysis of each sample collected.
Employee News
It is our pleasure to introduce Mirrabooka's new software developer, Marc Carniel, who joined the Mirrabooka team at the end of May. Marc is a recently graduated Software Engineer, and has extensive experience in a variety of related roles.
February 2021
Office Move
Mirrabooka has moved to a new office located in Lawnton. New address details are here.
March 2019
Visit to Nghe An Sugar (NASU), Vietnam
Following the addition of a second tip bay for road, and the installation of a new ProFoss NIR CAS system at Nghe An Sugar, Mirrabooka has recently completed the installation of a significant upgrade to the full sample tracking system. Read more here.
September 2018
Happy 20th Birthday, Mirrabooka
On 4 September 1998, Industrial Systems and DBD Software joined forces to become Mirrabooka Systems. We look forward to the next 20 years, developing new applications, and continuing to provide new and existing clients with reliable, technologically advanced solutions and quality support.
August 2018
Cane Receivals Enhancements at NSW Sugar
For the 2018 season, a major upgrade was undertaken at the three NSW sites (Broadwater, Condong and Harwood). The system was extended to include end of week processing and a standard interface was provided for the new payment system. Additionally, the Road Receivals Mimic, which was trialled last season, was rolled out to the three sites. It provides a complete overview of the consignment, delivery and processing cycle as the cane deliveries progress from the field to the factory.
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2017
Automation at Isis Central Mill
The next stage of the full automation of the delivery cycle is being trialed this season, which builds on the previous two stages as documented in the ASSCT papers. This will be described in more detail as the trial progresses.
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February 2016
Handheld RFID Reader
Mirrabooka has trialed a handheld reader. Read more here.
January 2016
Cane Receivals Factory Overview
A new user interface has been developed for the Cane Receivals sytem. Read more here.
Health News
HIC Certification. Read more here.
April 2015
ASSCT, Bundaberg
Mirrabooka, in association with Foss Pacific, shared a display booth in the industrial trade display at the 2015 ASSCT Conference. Read more here.
October 2015
World Sugar Expo, Bangkok
Mirrabooka, in partnership with Sugar Research Australia and Foss Pacific, exhibited at the Bangkok World Sugar Expo Industry Display. Read more here.
