Thirty pounds was raised, and Lawson was offered three alternatives:

A tour around the Pacific.

A visit to an outback station.

Or a trip to E.J. Brady at Mallacoota.

He eventually agreed to go to Brady’s place.

On Friday 25^th February 1910 he left on the S.S.Sydney, bound for the port of Eden, with Tom Mutch(Minister for Education, NSW) as his companion. When the ship went through Sydney Heads Lawson was heard to mutter