I have often swanned about backpackers telling everyone on their working holiday visas NOT to work at the fruit farms (despite never working there myself.) The horror stories are unreal. One strawberry farm in particular in Mooloolaba had people working 10 hours a day for about $70 (a waitress normally earns about $20 an hour.) You are bent over all day in order to pick the strawberries and you get 70c a kilo plus you have to pick mould for 10c a kilo. If you miss mould however you have to start the row again. You have to get up at 6 leave at 6:30 and you are back about 4:30. Most people quit after one day. It was all too much. One of my roommates used to pick barefoot after she couldn't afford the shoes (apparantly it was a real shoe destroying job.) People put on bets on how long people will last and often if you are doing it for money and not for the visa the answer is not long. READ MORE>>
20 something solo female traveller with a dream of seeing every country in the world.
Showing posts with label perth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perth. Show all posts
Friday, 16 September 2011
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Hay and Shit
WARNING: This post contains a graphic image of me without make up on. While I am fine with how I look (who wouldn't be) I am warning the men of the world to look away now before your dreams of how women wake up looking in the morning are shattered.
Most girls grow up with the unhealthy obsession of wanting to own their own pony. They dream of brushing their pony, riding their pony and in general their pony running around cute as a button. This lie has been developed by years of My Little Ponies and reruns of black beauty. This however is all a lie...
This is the dream ...
In reality horses are READ MORE>>
Most girls grow up with the unhealthy obsession of wanting to own their own pony. They dream of brushing their pony, riding their pony and in general their pony running around cute as a button. This lie has been developed by years of My Little Ponies and reruns of black beauty. This however is all a lie...
This is the dream ...
In reality horses are READ MORE>>
Monday, 12 September 2011
The Perthect Weekend!
Excuse the pun but I'm putting it out there straight away. Perth rocks! It is exactly my kind of city everything from the skyscrapers to the food suits me down to the ground. So what did I get up to.
Well I arrived at about half 10 in Perth after doing my 2 hours in the morning at the farm. This means I had breakfast at 6am and at half 10 I was pretty hungry. READ MORE>>
Friday, 9 September 2011
Llama Farming and Sparrow Farts.
So I have arrived in Perth and although I say I am llama farming (you know has a nice ring to it) really I am horse farming, don't get me wrong there are alpacas here but they are very low maintanence and apparantly terrified of people. I come to the fence and they all stand and stare at me it is fairly eeire actually but yes I am down on the farm rocking it with the animals.
The scenery out here is amazing rolling green hills and beautiful birds cockatoos, gallahs, 28s READ MORE>>
The scenery out here is amazing rolling green hills and beautiful birds cockatoos, gallahs, 28s READ MORE>>
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