Day 54 Fruit Picking - So despite it being Saturday, I got up at normal time of about 6am, and started work at 7am. It was 'only' 26 degrees today, and there was a strong breeze, making it very pleasant compared to yesterday. Work wise things didn't go quite to plan - we thought we would finish the block we were picking (about 3 hours work) and then knock off and I would go and pack in the shed. In the end Greg decided we would also pick a patch we thought he h...

Day 53 Fruit Picking - I started early today along with everyone else, at 6:30am, as there was lots to do. I was back out in the patch picking again today. We made good progress and Havnt got much left to do tomorrow (Saturday) morning now. However even after we have finished picking, I will probably work try and do a few hours in the shed packing too, so to earn a bit more money. Not much was different at work today really, apart for the heat - holy moly! By t...

Day 52 Fruit Picking - So today we started picking the farm for the second time, as we usual do on a Wednesday morning. I was back out in the patch again, expecting to be picking for the day. Then by 10am they had such a backlog of fruit in the shed, I went in and spent the rest of the day packing. Fortunately we managed to actually make a dent in the pile of fruit to pack...but on the other hand the pickers have got way behind out in the patch. Really it is jus...

Day 51 Fruit Picking - I had a very different day at work today - we had picked so much fruit on Monday and Tuesday the packing shed had a huge backlog of unpacked fruit. As a result, for the first time since I worked there, Greg put me in the shed for the day. I was mainly just putting punets of packed fruit into the shipping boxes and some other jobs he normally does, as he was out picking pineapples all day. I was also taught how to pack the fruit into the pl...

Day 50 Fruit Picking - Just like any other day at work really, apart from it is busier again. I had to go into the store room and get out extra trays, as all the others were already full of fruit. I must admit, I wasn't a fan of that job - I was just waiting for a snake to come out and bite me any moment, as they have found their way into their in previous years. Fortunately nothing was in there, so that was all good! Before I left work about half 3 I saw 2 thi...