It didn’t take long for me to get a job in Renmark. We sent off an application form to the local packing shed and got a call the following week. After a day of training we started work the following week. The training mainly consisted of scare stories of how we would hurt our backs and never work again if we didn’t use the correct procedures. The work consisted mainly of sorting and packing oranges. The women sorted the fruit and packed it and the blokes shif...

I made the decision to go to Adelaide the night before. It was a combination of factors. The humidity was getting ridiculous, the nightlife was far too good - which was bad for the bank balance and finally the job situation. I couldn’t seem to find a decent job in Darwin so I decided to give Adelaide a try. In true style I went for a couple of farewell drinks on my last night in Darwin, which turned into a few too many drinks. So many in-fact that I ended up mi...