well I guess we should welcome them (they are kiwis so a bit of a quandry here) Oh bugger it, welcome to our little forum on life and everything, "the great book" I like that, I and my wife have done A LITTLE of the fruit caper but the system is very much the same, here as in N.Z. I suppose, we concentrated on oranges for a while in waikerie and grapes in the clare valley, if you look up "harvest trail" then you will find a lot of employment oppurtunities in that, the packing sheds are identical to N.Z. perhaps a little more backward to what you are used to, and the picking , I think, the same so as an experienced shed handler you should be right up there with what the block owner requires, if you have your own accomodation then you should get an immediate start, try to steer clear of the sheds that want you to go through an employment agency, they normally pay less than decent wages and want more than reasonable work for it, the oranges and other fruit grown along the murray will be slow owing to the drought, but the further up the murray you go there should be more work, you didnt say which part of our great land you are coming to, each state has different fruits and berries, with the berries, make sure the vines are a decent height otherwise it is blue murder on your back, anyway welcome and good luck to you, oh and we are coming up to the pruning part of the wine growing process, that is not too bad either, pay is reasonable, but again check the rate first, it varies greatly with each contractor

oh jeeezzz!!! is it too late to take the welcome back, no all welcome here, bring some of that water across with you

Thanks for the welcome Basil, bring on the jokes. We have been reading some of the ones on the forum. Great sense of humour going on. Can only say in response to the sheep in Dunedin, you must have been there.
Graeme and Jackie