The Australian surfers rescued at sea in the Banyak Islands are on their way back home after the misadventure of a lifetime, sailing from their private island beach retreat on Friday to begin the journey home.
A ship with the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency, Basarnas, was accompanying them to the island, from where there are direct flights to the city of Medan on Sumatra.Foote earlier told Nine’sprogram in an interview from Pinang Island of his experience being separated on his surfboard from the rest of the group before they were found floating on Tuesday.
“I had no contact other than the three others and our guys prior to being picked up by two local fishermen.“Just not knowing if anyone else was out there, if anyone else had been picked up already or anything like that was a bit daunting.”
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