Birdsville is one of the most remote towns in country Queensland, but it's where Joy Nguyệt chose to spend her working holiday. Seven months later, she is in love with the outback spirit.
Joy Nguyệt says arriving in outback Queensland from Vietnam to swarms of flies in an isolated and dusty town was initially terrifying.
Birdsville, with its population of 110, is situated on the edge of the Munga-Thirri Simpson desert and is known for its rolling red sand dunes and"You get to know them better than living in a city."Joy was working remotely as a recruiter when she felt it was time for a new adventure, and decided to travel to Australia on a working holiday visa.
Driving around the streets of Birdsville – or street rather – is quite different to driving in the city."I try and create traffic for her while she's driving, and I'll say there's a car on your right.""I call her a bit of a sponge, ever since she's got here she's wanted to learn things and takes a lot of things in," he said.
"There were some scary times post-COVID when so many people hit the outback and we couldn't do it, we didn't have the staff," she said.From July 1, British backpackers — who make up the largest population of working holiday makers – will no longer have to complete 88 days of regional work, prompting fears of an outback worker shortage."This year I've got predominantly Italian and Argentinian and that is because of … word of mouth.
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