Day 24 fruit picking - So I was back on the farm again today. I started at 7am as usual, and it was freeeezing! The radio said it was only 7 degrees. The morning went very quickly, and as soon as the sun came up it warned up rapidly. After lunch it felt very hot in the sun, making picking hard work. I got home about 3:30pm as usual, and just enjoyed the sun in the garden as there was no surf again. I jumped in and out the pool, but that really is freezing as i...

So today I slept in the latest I have managed for a while, after staying up late to watch the Olympics last night. I contemplated going to watch Cecilys soccer, but in the end I faffed around at home tidying up for Fenella and having breakfast to bother going. Instead I decided to go fishing at Currimundi lake. It's beautiful down there and there wasn't a cloud in the sky so I thought it would be a nice place to spend the day. I got there about 12ish and start...

I got up about 8am to have breakfast and watch the last hour or so of the Olympic Opening Ceremony. It was actually quite impressive, as following Beijing's one last time was always going to be very difficult. I had some breakfast and then headed down to 'Pelecan Waters', south of Caloundra to go fishing. It was absolutely beauftiful down there and the water was very clear. I fished from about 12-3:30pm. I caught loads of little Bream, but only 1 big enough to b...

So today I had the day off work again as there is no fruit to be picked, and I was lucky enough to be offered by Mark to go sea fishing. I was up at 4:45am to meet him at his at 5:30am, then drive to Mooloolaba to meet his other friend Dave, and launch the boat. We got the harbour while it was still dark, prepared the kit and launched the boat by 6:30am. In the harbour it was dead still and the water was just like a mill pond.. When we went out round the break...

Day 23 fruit picking - I went to work as usual for 7am. For the 2nd day in a row we only had enough strawberries on the plants to work until lunch time'ish. We finished picking about 1pm and all the pickers went home on a half day. Instead of just going home, I started helping pack the different packs of fruit into the cardboard boxes whilst Greg was on the phone. In the end I was actually trained how to do all the end packing properly, and worked until 2pm whe...