Just back from a 5 day trip to Auckland to see my friend Debbie who i worked with in Ninewells, she now lives there. The first thing i noticed when i got there was how cold it was, think it was worse coming from Brisbane as its so humid there and ive gotten used to it. Spent the first day wandering around auckland itself, was really nice being in a city that wasnt too big like melbourne or brisbane. Caught the ferry across to Devenport, 10 mins across the water ...

I got the chance to come to melbourne instead of staying in Brisbane for a week and im so glad i came - Melbourne has been great, so much to do and the weather has been good at times, so cold at night, like being back in Scotland!! We're talking bed socks, 2 sheets and a blanket and im still cold...wheres my hot water bottle when i need it??!! Ive done so much this week and quite disappointed because there is so much more i wanted to see. Our first night was an ...

I have finally decided that a career in fruit picking isnt for me! So now im back to brisbane - back to civilisation and less of the early morning starts!!! The past 4 weeks has been the quickest ever, some of the worst times but also some of the best times of my trip so far! Ill try my best to remember it all as im writing and cant remember what i wrote on my last blog so you might have already heard some things. Arriving at the farm was a shock in itself, abou...

JUST A QUICK BLOG AS MY TIME ON THE INTERNET IS RUNNING OUT!! SO HERE I AM APPLE PICKING IN STANTHORPE, WELL ACTUALLY STAYING AT A WORKING HOSTEL IN WALLANGARRA, ON THE BORDER OF NSW AND QUEENSLAND, ITS FUNNY, OUR HOSTEL IS IN QUEENSLAND BUT THE PUB ALONG THE ROAD IS NSW TIME SO IT WAS HARD ARRANGING A TIME TO GO!!! IT WAS SUCH A CULTURE SHOCK ARRIVING HERE AND STARTING WORK IN A FARM. FIRST IMPRESSIONS WERENT VERY GOOD, GOT PICKED UP FROM THE BUS STOP ON THE BA...

HELLO, FINALLY HAVE GOOD NEWS - WE'VE GOT A JOB!!! THE RAIN HAS KINDA CLEARED UP AND WE'RE OFF TO STANTHORPE APPLE PICKING. ITS ONLY GOING TO BE THE 3 OF US, JILL IS STAYIN IN BRISBANE FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS :( :( WE'RE LEAVING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND GOING TO BE LIVING ON A FARM WITH 10 OTHER GIRLS FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS. SO THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVENT BEEN VERY EXCITING, WE DID GO TO THE XXXX BREWERY WHICH IS 10 MINS WALK FROM THE HOSTEL, QUITE INTERESTING AND ...