Every day the alarm woke us up at 4:10 o'clock in the morning, so that we could start picking at 5:15. On this picture you can see the shed and two trailers, which were both used as cooling rooms for the rockmelons.
The generator of the tractor, also called "Karl Dall", was broken. So before Jo could drive with the tractor to the fields to pick up all the melons, Bill and Jo had to start the tractor with the battery of Bill's car every day...
It's showtime! We all had to pick melons, going through with the wheelbarrow. This was often quite exhausting!!
Jo had the easier part, as he was sitting in the tractor have of the day ;-) (noooo, just a joke)
Bill at work: the melons had to be put into blue tubs, which were loaded onto the tractor.
Juhu! The first part of the working day was over and we went back to the shed.
First of all: a 15min coffee and rockmelon break. We were eating almost half a melon each every day...
Jo drives the forklifter and provides us with the melons, which we now have to pack according to size.
Jo with melons in his hands...
Eva carrying a tub of melons...Puhh! They were quite heavy: up to 18kg per tub.
After packing, Eva got the "girls" job, which was stamping some labels for the tubs. The guys were loading the packed tubs into the cool rooms in the meanwhile.
...without words :-)
After a long working day, Eva sits in front of our sleeping room (with air con!).
Bush land everywhere. No, that's not true. Ahhhh... there's a little green spot in between. This is the rockmelon farm. We enjoyed an amazing view, when we climbed up the Canning Hills near to the Farm.
This was in fact one of my third pairs of gloves, I used for work...What to say!
