Beth's Oz Adventure

Been out and about this weekend exploring the area around Mackay, visited some of the surrounding beaches and got my first view of some of the south Whitsunday Islands. Also check out my new room mate!

Eimio Beach

Island off Blacks Beach

My new room-mate!

Survived 2 weeks tomato picking & on Wednesday travelled 10 hours north to Mackay, just south of the Whitsunday islands. Doing more wwoofing here at a small property just outside the town which is being developed as a permaculture demo site & organic nursery. So far been doing lots of picking and juicing mandarins & will also be helping maintain community gardens. Hope to visit nearby Eungella national park too for some good platypus spotting opportunities!

After leaving Brisbane last weekend I spent a couple of days in Hervey Bay and am now a couple of hours further north in Bundaberg where this week I became the most recent addition to the tomato picking workforce. Yes the time has come for fruit picking! Have now completed four days, was a killer at first (moving on the morning of day two proved problematic!), but luckily the initial pain has now subsided. We work from 6:30am to 4 or 5pm so days are long (and lately in torrential rain) but as fruit picking goes the work itself is not too strenuous so planning on sticking around for a few weeks to accumulate some dollars. Then its up to the barrier reef for some coral based adventures!


tomato rows

yes I am enjoying it, honest!!!

The enthusiasm was almost overwhelming.....

Spent the last week in Brisbane though not much to report as have been out of action with a cold. However all was not lost as I have been discovering the delights of Oz daytime tv where I have learnt many useful life skills such as how to make the perfect crumpet and also a useful comparison of fortune telling methods. Not to mention the home shopping opportunities for quality tupperware! Luckily I did not lose the will to live completely and am now recovered and ready to resume the adventure tomorrow when me and my tupperware collection will head 5 hours north to Hervey Bay...