Well I'm back from Berri and had a really good time. I ended up working a few weeks as an apple picker and it was quite good. It was with 2 French guys and a German. My only problem was when I was asked to drive the tractor while the farmer was away and I caused 700 dollars damage to it!! I was moving it forward and forgot to close the door and it got caught on a branch and the window shattered!! If you look at the photo you can see there is no window any mor...

I'm in the wine growing capital of Australia! There is nothing here in Berri, but I'm having fun. I came up here a week ago to work as a fruit picker, but it rained for the first 3 days, which is a record for this place so only started on Wednesday. Picked grapes for 2 days and I was the mini bus driver to take all the people from my hostel (Berri Backpackers) to the farm each day as I'm a responsible person! So I worked for farmer Andrew for 2 days a...

Australia is great and I'm loving Adelaide. It's the fringe festival at the moment and loads going on - it was the opening night on the 8th and I went to a concert in one of the parks and met loads of the locals - really good atmosphere and lots of performances. The day before I'd been to a soccer match! It was Adelaide United versus Chowdong, the champions of China. It was the equivalent of the Champions League and Chowdong are the Chelsea of China, ...

Arrived at Adelaide on the 20th Feb and been here for a few days already. Had 2 BBQ's, a tour of the city, been wine tasting, and cut my hair - so all going well!  Staying with my cousin Gen at the moment and she's looking after me well - making sure I shower, brush my teeth and all the other things I'd have problems remembering! Off to the Desperate Dateless Dance tonight - a fancy do I believe. Think I'll stay round for a while, but do need...