How do I find work? Where to start?
Questions I had to ask myself after finishing mangoes and longans. Not an easy task, I can tell you! In my case I have an advantage because I got my bullseye, nissan pulsar. I don't know what I would do without it. Anyways, we finish picking longans and farmer told me it would be the Last pick and there would be no work for the next week and a half and he reckon I should look for another farm. Righto, I'll do that.
With a korean housemate we started driving around farms we knew would stand a chance of hiring us. Potential farms turned out to be avocado and pawpaw plants, but in the end only one farmer wrote down my phone number. Hoping that he will call back, we were killing time at home by sleeping long, reading, playing games, eating and other stuff. All this happened on Monday.
Tuesday passed by, Wednesday afternoon started to feel desperate and thinking of doing another drive anywhere to find new farms. Finally, in the evening I received a call that there's work available the following day...from the farm I was working for last week! How big a relief it was, mate! And this farm has funny supervisors with pure aussie slang and accent which helps me learn big time. Some words I've learned are dog's eye and dead horse. Guess what they are? A pie and tomato sauce :) not necessarily the most useful words but by using them I feel more australian.
So started my 4th week with ample amounts of longans. Only five of us picking, we get around 3 tons of longans per day, which are then shipped down to brissy, Melbourne and Perth. I also realised that majority of Australian fruits are picked and packed by backpackers! Funny, hey?
Questions I had to ask myself after finishing mangoes and longans. Not an easy task, I can tell you! In my case I have an advantage because I got my bullseye, nissan pulsar. I don't know what I would do without it. Anyways, we finish picking longans and farmer told me it would be the Last pick and there would be no work for the next week and a half and he reckon I should look for another farm. Righto, I'll do that.
With a korean housemate we started driving around farms we knew would stand a chance of hiring us. Potential farms turned out to be avocado and pawpaw plants, but in the end only one farmer wrote down my phone number. Hoping that he will call back, we were killing time at home by sleeping long, reading, playing games, eating and other stuff. All this happened on Monday.
Tuesday passed by, Wednesday afternoon started to feel desperate and thinking of doing another drive anywhere to find new farms. Finally, in the evening I received a call that there's work available the following day...from the farm I was working for last week! How big a relief it was, mate! And this farm has funny supervisors with pure aussie slang and accent which helps me learn big time. Some words I've learned are dog's eye and dead horse. Guess what they are? A pie and tomato sauce :) not necessarily the most useful words but by using them I feel more australian.
So started my 4th week with ample amounts of longans. Only five of us picking, we get around 3 tons of longans per day, which are then shipped down to brissy, Melbourne and Perth. I also realised that majority of Australian fruits are picked and packed by backpackers! Funny, hey?
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