Post 16: The South Island - Part 2
Working in a Cherry Packhouse in Central Otago 🍒 ----- The reason why I drove all the way down to Queenstown was the cherry season. There are plenty of cherry picking or packing jobs in this area, especially Cromwell and Alexandra. Romi (the Chilean girl I met in Opotiki) and I could luckily find a cherry packing job in Cromwell! For the first week, we stayed at a room shared with an Indian couple. We paid $160 a week each. > We tried to make cinnamon rolls, but the oven was stronger than expected. Some were really good tho. It was not bad, we had our own room and bathroom. But as we got to know that there is a couple of bunk beds available at the accommodation of the orchard, we decided to move out. It was located just next to the packhouse and the rent was extremely cheap - $50 (25€) a week!! Another advantage was that we could wake up 10min before work and be still on time. ⌚ Working hours We usually started at 7am, sometimes later sometimes earlier ...