Farm life week 1

So I forgot to pack my penknives in the hold luggage and lost both at security (sorry Lyd - think you bought me the small one with my name engraved on) but I was still allowed through with two lighters, lighter fluid and a fork? meh. 

Caught our connecting bus from Brisbane Airport to Gatton and that's where we were picked up from Monday afternoon.

Big Bogan Rob picked us up in his Ute with Jonny (my mate from Sydney who told me about the farm in the first place) and a French guy Ewen who is the other wwoofer. Drove out to the farm which took about 20 minutes.

The house is right in the middle of the property. 

The wwoofers stay downstairs (ground floor) and the family live upstairs on the 1st. [wwoofer is a willing worker on an organic farm]

Warren owns the farm and is here at the moment for harvest but lives on another farm. Luke (his son) manages this farm so this is his place and him and his wife Mia live upstairs with their baby girl Sadie. Rob isn't a wwoofer so has a room upstairs too so down here it's myself, Anina, Jonny and Ewen. We have our own TV, kitchen, dining table, fridge stocked with food and bathroom so it's pretty self contained.

Jonny showed us round the property and I got to drive the quad which is great fun!

We all went upstairs for a big meal on the first night and watched the first episode of the new season of Game of Thrones!

Tuesday (Day1): moved a shed and power washed the megabins (where the nuts go) saw my first actually dangerous spider - a redback ooooooooo

Watched I am Legend, had a barbie and made a fire in the evening.

Wednesday (Day2): sorted nuts on the conveyor - picking out the bad ones and then went to the pig paddock to chop down the weeds with a sythe!

They'd built a new firepit so we all sat round that for a bit then watched Three Kings.

Thursday (Day3): moved rocks out of the pig pen, moved the sheep into a different paddock, found some baby rats, cleaned up the shed and used the tractor to pull up some big roots in the pig pen.

Watched Remember The Titans.

Friday (Day4): raked up leaves and shit and dumped them in the firepit, filled in some potholes, fed the pigs, cleaned the machines ready for harvest then cleaned our digs and were all done by lunchtime! 

It's the weeeeekend!