I woke up at about 8am this morning, which was earlier than I would have hoped considering its a weekend. I watched some of the Olympics and have breakfast, then checked the surf report. It was meant to bed similar/slightly less swell as yesterday, so I decide to go to Currimundi Lake to check it out. When I got there it was obvious I wasn't going to be able to surf, it had died too much. It was an absolutely beautiful day though and the sea was crystal clear, s...

Day 28 fruit picking - This morning I got in the car to go to work at 6:40am, and I had to scrape ICE off the windscreen!! I was told later it was the coldest night for 60 years or something mad like that.. As you would expect, it was pretty cold picking strawberries on soaking wet plants. The most eventful thing that happened this morning was that Spud managed to eat some rat poison, so Greg had to rush him off to the vet. Fortunately they made him vomit it al...

Day 27 Fruit Picking - Standard work routine as usual. It was even colder again this morning, setting a 4 year record by dropping to 4.6 degrees! Again today the morning went quickly but this arvo dragged along. Tonight there is a $50 million lottery prize, so we all entered together at work and got a bit excited about what we could do with our winnings...I.e. not pick strawberries! I came home and was pleasantly surprised to find the surf was better than exp...

Day 26 fruit picking - It was just the normal work routine again today - 7am start etc. It's been very cold on the mornings all week, but as soon as the sun comes up it warns quickly. It's very strange though, the air temp can be 10 degrees and you can be in the sun in just a t-shirt.. As with often happens with Wednesday-Thursday-Friday the mornings go quickly, but the afternoons particularly between 2-3pm go very slowly! I got home really hopeful to go for a...

Day 25 Fruit Picking - Standard routine again today, and again it was bloody freezing at 7am this morning. For the first time in weeks I had to wear trackies. The day seemed to go pretty quickly until lunch time, then the afternoon dragged a but. Plus some of the packing women were being a bit of a pain, but no change there. There was no good surf, so it wasn't worth making the trip to Caloundra. I contemplated going fishing, but by the time I had finished faf...