From Tamworth, I was collected by Lother and taken an hour away, to the berry farm in Niangala. Here, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and raspberries, amongst others during the season, are picked. They are then sorted and the ones that aren't perfect enough to use for selling in punnets are used for jams and ice cream. The farm also offers self-picking for tourists. The fellow pickers were Emily and Robyn (Ozzie), Colin (NZ), Jamie (Pom), Troy (Romananian/Oz) and Jerome. After me arrived Japanese Dai and Kaori, who I loved hanging out with and learning Japanese! John came along to do maintenence, once Glen had returned to Uni. We would begin picking (mainly blackberries but back-breaking strawberries for one hour each morning) around 8am, depending when the fruit was dry. Every hour, the fruit would get sorted into
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