Day 4 strawberry picking; As usual I was up at 6am again to have breakfast etc, however today I also put my wetsuit and surfboard in the car too so I could go for a surf after work. Work was a bit better again today - we were back to picking fruit rather than maintaining the plants, which isn't half as back breaking! I also got a new trolley (how exciting..not) which is so much better than my old one so that also makes the job easier. After work I also gave Gr...

Day 3 strawberry picking; I was up at 6am as is becoming the routine for work. I drove to work for the first time which was good, didn't feel guilty for asking Mark to take me. Today we spent the whole day weeding part of 1 of the patches - its such hard, backing breaking, work but you do get a sense of achievement realising how much easier your making your job in the long run..I.e. 3 months of picking! Fortunately it wasn't quite as hot today too, although I t...

Day 2 strawberry picking; Mark woke me up at 6:25am, having slept though my alarm (i think). I quickly had breakfast etc and then went to work. There had been heavy due over night which mate it went and cold work for the first hour, but then the sun came up and it was beautifully warm again in the sun. For the last few hours of the afternoon we were 'weeding' the patches where the strawberries grow, which is horrible compared to picking the fruit. You spend mu...

So today was my first day back into paid work since I left Renishaw, about 4 months ago! I got up at 6am to have breakfast etc and get myself ready for work. Mark then dropped me of at 'Greg Harvey's Strawberry Farm' in Glasshouse mountains at 7am, on his way to work. When I got there the boss, Greg, showed me the ropes. as expected it wasnt all that difficult - I was given my picking bike thing, shown how to use it in the fields between the crop and shown whic...

Yesterday we all got up and had breakfast etc about 8am, as we were heading up to Noosa for a day trip. We left home about 9:30-10am, and then stopped at a big outdoors shop on the edge of Noosa about 10:30-11am. Here I bought a pair of walking boots/trainers for a bargain $50, as I needed some hard wearing shoes for work on the farm, and for when we go on holiday next week there will be lots of trecks in the bush. We eventually arrived in Noosa and drove up t...