AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 7 Feb 2008 | Views [652]
My last few weeks in Brisbane were pretty busy what with one thing or another. I was working in the hostel most of the time, housekeeping for the first two weeks then doing laundry for the last week. In theory I was supposed to work six days a week but ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 10 Dec 2007 | Views [864] | Comments [2]
I've spent a good proportion of the past few weeks doing sweet potato related work. Picking them, planting them, cutting vines to plant, rescuing caterpillars, fixing irrigation pipes, driving tractors around - you name it. Today I was mostly weeding ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 24 Nov 2007 | Views [1977] | Comments [3]
Having picked tomatos for a couple of weeks, I changed jobs on Tuesday. I am now working on a sweet potato farm further out from town. It's much smaller than the tomato farm,with a work force of just four backpackers plus the couple who own the farm ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 12 Nov 2007 | Views [2945] | Comments [4]
There is really only one reason backpackers go to Bundaberg: work. It is pretty much the fruit picking capital of Australia. I arrived at the transit centre about 5pm and was picked up by the hostel. I mentioned I was looking for work and was told ... Read more >
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