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‘It’s hot hard work but I enjoyed it’: hear what fruit picking in WA is really like – Drive – ABC News
For the last two months 28-year-old Australian Tim McGlone has been picking grapes in WA’s south-west He tells Geoff Hutchison what the experience was really like…
Attracting Australians, particularly young people, to help farmers harvest their crops continues to be a challenge.
In the past, the work has been largely done by backpackers and migrant workers – but covid-19 border closures have made sourcing labour very difficult.
28-year-old Victorian Tim McGlone has just spent the past eight weeks picking grapes near the south-west town of Margaret River.
He tells Geoff Hutchison what the experience was really like for him and other pickers and shares his ideas…
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