After I finished university I was given a great job in the field that I had been studying which was food technologies and science. Because Mackay was one of the biggest exporters of sugar and sugar cane products I had to travel their once a month to sample the sugars which were being sent out around the world. Testing the quality of individual ingredients was my new job to make sure that the quality meet with Australian standards. It was a rewarding job that had many perks to it.

Not only did I get to fly all over Australia and to some of the islands I was also given accommodation plus a company credit card and a hire car so that I would not have to spend any of my own money. These perks were exactly what I was looking for when I decided to get into college to be ahead of the rest of the pack.