Seen as we've hit the halfway point and we've already done so much of our farm work, it does feel victorious, but it still feels so long until we actually get to leave (the date has been pushed back to 10th November now to earn a couple more weeks worth of money). Each week I seem to come back with more random bruises and aching muscles! However, we've luckily got some small things to look forward to in the meantime. This started off with our first beach BBQ thi...

The half way point is here! I have completed 44/88 of the farm days needed to get our second year visa. It's actually crazy how much of our first year here this is taking up, but at least we have the consolation of a second year, featuring no compulsory farm work, to look forward to. There's no real sign of Spring yet, meaning we've essentially had 2 winters in a row (British winter, followed by WA winter!). However, we'll then get 3 summers in a row so it'll al...

It's now pretty cold here in the Great Southern, hitting the early teens in temperatures and raining on and off most days. It's not freezing though, still warm enough for a walk on the beach or a nature trail ( with hoodies in case of a sudden down pour!) We've visited some of the remote beaches in the last few weeks, including Middleton, Cheynes beach (for whale spotting), Little Beach in Two people's Bay and today we popped to Mutton Bird Beach, which had the c...

Can't believe we've been down south for 3 weeks now! The weather has improved, even though it's winter now. It was so sunny this week I got sunburnt by accident (not good!) Luckily I've been working for a week or so, I'm now down to 81 days to go and counting! Once the 88 days are done, we can apply for a 2nd year working visa for when we want to return. Then I never have to step foot on a farm again! The last week we began pruning, both myself and Davide along w...

The last two weeks have required a lot of moving around! Post-Freo, we returned to the Perth YHA to save some money and use the time to apply for jobs. A few friends joined us there and we spent many an evening playing cards and drinking cheap wine! I enjoyed Perth much more the second time around, and the YHA was clean (ish), with a room to ourselves for a week! We became culinary inclined and made chilli, carbonara, tacos and bolognese (thinking about this from...