Mohammad from Jordan : A journey of discovery via the West Coast of Tasmania

Listening to Mohammad's story, it feels very much a journey of going with the flow through a series of unplanned events. For instance, he'd never seriously thought or about or planned to come to Australia to study, and ultimately to live, but a conversation with a cousin lead to a half-serious idea to go to Australia for a holiday that would eventually lead Mohammed to do his Master's in Brisbane. But that was never really the plan and at the end of his study after a bit of an unsatisfactory search for jobs in Brisbane, he got offered a position as a front-of-house manager at Strahan Village, on the remote West Coast of Tasmania, where he would stay for 4 years.  Outside the tourist season, the town of Strahan is not exactly full of foreigners, certainly not ones from the Middle East, and this episode Mohammed recounts some unique experiences and opportunities he had there, including his involvement in organising a major fun run event to raise money for the local primary school. Mohammad now works as the CEO of the charity Variety, which supports children in need in Tasmania. It's a role that he's passionate about and one which connects with many of the values and aspirations that he formed growing up in Jordan, and in this episode you can hear a bit more about that.