07/06/2026
Joern, Linus and Lauris had been in Australia for three weeks when they spotted one of our posts on Facebook and decided to reach out. They were 19 to 21 years old, fresh out of high school in Germany and hadn't had much luck finding work.
Within weeks we had organised their flights from Melbourne to Brisbane, a train from Brisbane airport to Maryborough and someone to pick them up when they arrived. They started work at a meat processing facility shortly after and when that placement wrapped up, we already had their next one lined up so they could stay together and keep moving.
"It was hard work, but we came here to work and knowing that RWM had our backs if things changed made it a lot easier to just get on with it," Joern said.
They worked four days a week, saved enough to hit their goal within two months, bought a car together and spent their days off driving to the beach and camping along the coast. In late February we supported them in taking a month off to drive from Kilcoy all the way up to Cairns before returning to finish their placement.
They are now heading home to Germany and already talking about coming back. We think that says it all.
Read their full story at the link below.
www.rwmgroup.com.au/three-backpacking-mates--one-facebook-comment-and-six-months-they-won-t-forget