The fruit picking experience!!!

Q and A about fruit picking

What better way to tell you all about our fruit picking experience so far than a few Q and A......

Q. What type of apple have we been picking for the last few weeks?

A. Galaxy (of the royal gala variety)

Q. How heavy is a bin of apples?

A. 1/2 ton

Q. How long does it take us to pick one bin of apples on average?

A. 1 1/2 hours

Q. How many tons of apples have we picked in total?

A. 19 1/2 tons

Q. How many hours do we work each day?

A. 10

Q. What is new Zealand minimum wage?

A. $13 and hour (approx 5 pounds)

Q. On our worst day of picking apples how much did we earn?

A. $5 each per hour (approx 2 pounds)

Q. Do we still pick apples?

A. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Q. What are we doing now?

A. Picking pears

Q. Is it any better?

A. We'll let you know!!!!!!!

Oh and one last Q and A.......

Q. Should you wash your apples before eating them?

A. Definitely yes! You never know where the fruit picker has had a pee..........but don't worry our batch is being sent to America!

Cricket
It was a wet and rainy day so sadly we could not fruit pick (apparently they bruise too easily in the rain) so off we went to the cricket. It was raining so play had been delayed and as we turned up there were two "old boys" leaving so I asked them if the match was still on. They told us they thought there would be no play but told us to go look at the ground and gave us their tickets. So we went in to then see an excellent match where India destroyed NZ! It was fantastic! We sat on the grass bank with all the dancing Indians.

Church

We have found a really good church. It is just across the road from our campsite. It is a small church with a mostly older morning congregation and a mostly mad evening congregation! On our first day we were made feel so welcome, we were invited out to lunch which was such a treat for us. We also went to the evening service again because they serve food beforehand. This was meant to be a service for the local community but instead they ended up attracting mental and physically disabled people. It is so much fun! As one old boy described it to us..."It's organised chaos!" We are moving in with a couple from the church tomorrow and next week is our last week of picking! Hooray!