I have made it to my hostel in Auckland after a very long days travelling due to 2 delayed flights! Anyway I am here and after a little power nap ready for whatever Siobhan and Michelle have planned for me this weekend! Will let you know what I get up to.

I have escaped the tomatoes and am now at Catherine and Graeme's in Townsville. I left at the right time because the hours have dropped right off because of all the rain. As a result I only worked 1 of my last four days. I have since heard that the day I left, they worked from 9am until 12.30am, and then had to be back in for 8am the next morn, so very glad I'm out of there! I didn't go to Magnetic Island because it was raining so have spent a couple of days just...

Hello.I had a good day on Tuesday. We had the day off because there are no more tomatoes to pick. We went to the pub to watch the Melbourne cup. My horse didnt win but I did win a free raffle and got $60 woth of vouchers for the local butchers so I had a big BBQ with everyone, which was delicious, and free! I also had a nice day off on Friday and went back to airlie beach for the day for some shopping. It was good to get out of Bowen but I was a good girl and re...

Hi,Still not much to tell. Bowen has become much more bearable this week. As I predicted, work has gone to the other extreme and there is now not so much of it, but I am definitely not complaining. After my scheduled day off on Monday (which was a 15hr shift, so I was very glad I missed it), everybody had Tuesday and Wednesday off because there was nothing to pick. So I had time to go to the beach, plan my trip to New Zealand and buy food etc. On Thursday we star...

Hello all.This week has been slightly more exciting than last week, mostly because it rained so we got a day off! The sun is now shining again so I have able to spend my scheduled day off topping up my tan! I'm not really minding doing night shifts now I am in the routine, however, the tomatoes have stopped going so crazy so the shifts are shorter and more bearable, but routine is pretty much non-existant. We started to go in earlier the last couple of days which...