There was one box left to tick on the harvest bucket list – Apple Picking. We had heard from seasoned pickers back in Gayndah that it was the best harvest gig. Heavy and demanding work but generally speaking orchard farmers are nice people and apples pay well. So we headed to Adelaide Hills, SA’s Apple Central.
We got lucky. Found a good job at Filsell’s Apples in Forest Range picking Bonza Gala’s. Filsell’s is family run operation picked and packed onsite and supplied to Independent Adelaide Grocers and Foodland/IGA. Nice farmers, working with good people and staying onsite – score!
They don’t call it Adelaide Hills as a joke. There are hills next to hills, on top of hills, behind hills and beneath hills. This added a new challenge to the job, climbing a ladder on a steep hillside and lugging your 20-30kg bag of apples up or down a steep hill to the bin.
Oh and the other thing, freezing at night, misty in the morning and stinking hot in the arvo. 3 seasons in one day! But as good as harvest work gets so we hooked in and worked hard.
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