Saturday 4 of us from the house got up and went to the hostel to pick up a german girl and then headed to the manderin fields. This was a really hard day as i was aching from work the day before and just couldnt get motivated. I plodded on and did one bin and then we all headed back. The german girl from the hostel did half a bin and then said that she was too scared of the spidrs and so stopped and said if i went back on sunday i could finish her bin. I got back...

Wednesday was a pathetic day. i was woken up at half8 and told i was being picked up 9 for work. I got there, did an hour of planting trees and then got told that there were too may of us and i was being taken home. I wasnt happy but it meant i got some things done i neeeded to do. I went ino the city, deposited $800 to th bank, bought a work shirt and long sleeve tshirt (protect my arms when working with rose bushes again..)and some anticeptic cream for my arms ...

Today, Tues i was picked up by the plumber at half8. A good time as this time it was arranged and i coud sleep in a little. The weather varied between sunny and overcast but throughout the day it was extremly windy. At first it was chilly but once i got to work i appreciated it as i was sweating alot! I felt like a little unlce david today, not for the unlce part but i was garnening! Dean has a lot of little hedges and big hedges and he had cut them all over the ...

Saturday i was up very early and headed up to the hostel and then to the farm for mandrin picking. i was driving today, an old automatic people carrier/campervan. What a heap of rubbish that is! I think ive been spoilelt with power steering! It was very cold, infact, there was ice all over the bins!! Crazy i know. There was 3 from our house, 2 italians from the hous around the corner and then 2 other guys from the hostel. We started early and i started quickly, s...

Tuesday was back to the pumpkins. This was one of the hardest days ive done so far. Not physically but mentally. Mario the boss was on the war path, and unlike other days he was there untill half2 ish constantly telling us we were doing wrong then contradicting himself saying something else. There were some choice words i wanted to say but alass i didnt. I just got on with it. I was sooo bored and the day dragged. Needless to say i was happy when we finished at 4...