AUS Cygnet (Tasmania)

Raspberry Picking

A couple of days ago I headed to the island Tasmania, Australia's smallest state. Tasmania is a place of wild and beautiful landscapes, friendly, helpful people with a relaxed island lifestyle. Over 40% of the island is reserved as national parks and world heritage wilderness.

Here, I started my farm work in order to apply for a 2nd year visa in Australia. The first days, of a total of 88 days, I have been picking raspberries in Cygnet, a southern town in the Huon Valley.

The work becomes quite dull after a couple of hours, but it gets compensated by the taste of fresh raspberries. However, it does not compensate for an average payment of $50/day. Therefore, I am going to start an apple picking job in two days, which should be better paid.

Raspberries

Music on and jam to the left, the good ones to the right

Raspberry field

Work obstacles

Vacilando

Was ich habe, will ich nicht verlieren, aber
What I have, I do not want to lose, but 
wo ich bin will ich nicht bleiben, aber
where I am, I do not want to stay, but
die ich liebe will ich nicht verlassen, aber
those who I love, I don’t want to leave, but
die ich kenne will ich nicht mehr sehen, aber
those who I know, I do not want to see anymore, but 
wo ich lebe will ich nicht sterben, aber
where I live, I do not want to die,
wo ich sterbe, da will ich nicht hin
But where I die, there I don’t want to go,
bleiben will ich, wo ich nie gewesen bin.
I want to stay where I've never been.

 - Thomas Brasch

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