Anybody gone fruit picking in Europe, Canada, OZ or NZ ??

Looking for first hand information on this:



It has just been suggested by a friend that we get away for a couple of months this year and go fruit picking / backpacking.



I know you can do this all year round in OZ and NZ, and that Canada has a long fruit picking season (ending around August); also France, Spain and Italy do this too.



But has anybody actually done this; does it pay; whats the work like?



The way i hear it is you get free accommodation, food, use of the facilities and either a daily rate or paid by the Kg. In return you work shifts in the fields / orchards picking fruit.



If you want to move on you can have the owner call ahead to other locations, and pre arrange work.



Some of the online guides are saying earning rates of ￡30-￡60 per day; can this be right.



Looking for anybody thats actually dont this - Not second hand info.



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Anybody gone fruit picking in Europe, Canada, OZ or NZ ??
I have picked fruit in Scotland where i stay,i picked,strawberries and raspberries,you will have to work very hard to make ￡20-￡30 a day,but there are lots of Poles,French etc over here now and they do all that work now,good luck to you.

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