A room with a view

 It has been stormy the past couple of days and our poor tomato plants have taken quite the beating! We are however, blessed with lovely rainbows out of my bedroom window :) (above) 

Today was not so stormy, but BLOODY cold (even though it doesn't look it!) 

I manned the crusher for most of the day and this was my view. Not a bad place to work eh!

 A load of fruit to be crushed... 

within the day it will be crushed, pressed, transferred to a tank, put through the Centrifuge (which takes out solids),  transferred to another tank and then the yeast is added to get it fermenting. 

It's really amazing how quick the process is here at JT

mmmm wine and cheese

 Even though I'm making wine, I'm surprisingly not sick of it! 

Al, Fiona and I ventured out to the Upper Bench Winery. They not only have a winery but they also make cheese. Delicious Cheeeeeeese! 

We treated ourselves to a cheese and wine paired sharing platter and enjoyed the last of the sunshine. Yum!

What birth mark?!

this is after washing my hands :/ oh dear!

Tomato city!

We have a shit load of tomatoes in the back yard!! They are delicious! 

(shout out to the Mexicans who planted and tended to them over the summer)

 This is Okanagan Falls... It is about 5 minutes drive down a steep and windy hill from home... 

 there's not a whole lot there but it is a very sweet little town.

Deer have big ears!! Who knew it?! Not me! 

 They just cruise on by and say hello in the evening.

 I'm yet to see a Bear, although we were warned to keep our doors shut at 

night. (people think Australia is gnarly!)

This week we were thrown right into deep end of work... 

So far, so good... although not surprisingly my body is already hating me- where's a massage therapist when you need one?!

  

After a weeks worth of safety training we are in the cellar. I spent half my day today in the barrel room, which I quite like.

 And the view from the top is also pretty cool :)

This winery is quite a bit bigger than the one in Nagambie. 

They have around a hundred tanks to get lost in...

All in all, a pretty cool introduction to work. Yes, my body hurts already, the pay is shit and its about to get fucking cold (-10 in the cellar deserves a swear word!)

But I am a happy chappy :)

A bit of calm before the crazy...

 Can't believe I've been in Canada for two weeks already... 

After leaving Whistler I ended up in the middle of no where just outside of Lumby. In this 'no where' lives Mark... he and his brother in law work on the property cutting/shaping bits of wood that are then sent off to be made into guitars.

They also have a crazy big collection of old cars... just sitting around rusting!

 This is the view from my new home :) (for the next four months any way!) 

I am in a house across the road from a winery called See Ya Later Ranch, which is also owned by the company I will be working for. I am at a winery about 10 mins drive down the road. 

Still waiting for the bears and cougars in the area to pop out of the forest...

I have heard Ice Hokey is pretty good night out so went to check out a local game in Penticton. I never realised Ice-hokey is so brutal!

Fun fact.... Purple Popcorn :)

First week down...

 The first week of my Canada adventures has flown by! 

Managed to get a car... and named her Roxanne :) She is a Chevy Blaser and runs like a dream

I stopped in Chilliwack for a night and visited some of Al's mates who had a Harley :D 

We took a ride and I have to say, it was even better than I imagined....

 

 some rode a much less cool bike... 

 The next day I met up with Summerly, Marcus and the kids who were holidaying in Vancouver from London. It was very random, but SO nice to see them :) I can't believe how big the kids are now

 Then went for a stiff drink :p (yes, thats bacon!)

 Stopped to check out a lake... can't remember the name! 

 Happy days :)

Canada eh!

Off on another adventure... leaving home sweet home in Moe

 for the colder climate of Canada! 

After finding a car I will be doing a bit of exploring and then shooting over to Oliver to work on another winery. Updates to follow :)