Ey up again. I am very happy that I have now been moved to be a cherry sorter! Much better pay - $20 an hour, only 15% tax - I get Ausdsie resident tax rate once I have been in the country for 6 months, and the boss lady of this new farm said to just put that down instead of the 29% as they won't quesion it. Weeee! Not much cherry work left a the season is pretty much over, but even if I can get 5 days work I'll be on about $750 for that, so feeling a lot ...

Had first day of work today.... picking and packing strawberries... It was only luck that I got to pack after picking as I heard the boss man talking to someone else abuot it, and I asked if there was space for meeee! Hard day, am pretty tired but will be ok when I'm used to it again I suppose! Started at 7am and finished at 4pm. Glad to have a job... buttttt it's pay for what you pick and I am pretty much a slave! It's $5 fopr each tray you pick. They're 7kg an...

I am back in Launceston now! I've decided I dislike Tasmania as well - loads of travellers I met raved about Tassie saying that it was beautiful and there's was loads of stuff to see etc etc, and it is nice, but it's not really floating my boat haha! The day I left Hobart there was the Australian Wooden Boat Festival (HA) which is the biggest in the world apparently, so the "city" was overrun with strange boat enthusiasts. I needed to get out of ther...

What a nightmare couple of days I have had! In my attempt to find farm work, I travelled to a little town called Geeveston, right at the bottom of Tasmania. I didn't realise quite how little it was, but apparently it only has 1000 people in it. There was no work going apart from work in a fish factory, and the idea of that disgusted me at first! And it was working 2am til 1pm. After chatting to the other backpackers, (who ALL worked there) it didn't seem that...

Welllll.... I suppose I ought to write something in here really! It's been a while! I'm now in Tasmaniaaaa! It's a bit cooler than the mainland, but it's nice still! Left Swan Hill on Friday after finishing work and other shenannigans! (However you spell that!) Spent a night in Melbourne with Dale, had a look round Southbank, some of the shops and went to the Casino, which was very exciting! It was huuuugee. Melbourne has had a massive heatwave and some of the...