You will need to be self-sufficient: there are no shops, indeed no nothing, en route - just unspoilt forests, streams to ford (watch out for crocs) and broad beaches a-scuttle with hundreds of crabs.
"There were always odd jobs to be done - re-wiring, painting, fixing things - and I would watch and help and pick up these skills, all of which come in really handy when working in Antarctica where you have to be entirely self-sufficient, " he added.