Nias, Indonesia: After the misadventure of a lifetime, Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse, Jordan Short and Will Teagle are on their way back home.

Rescued at sea in Indonesia’s Banyak Islands this week, the four Australians and the rest of their party of 12 holidaying friends left their private surf retreat on Friday, sailing to Nias, the largest island off the west coast of Sumatra, on the catamaran of an Australian skipper, Grant Richardson.

Steph Weisse, Elliot Foote, Will Teagle and Jordan Short in the video they recorded from the island.

Greeted by Australian embassy officials and the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency, Basarnas, they were whisked straight off to the airport, where they arrived just in time to catch the last flight of the day to Medan on Sumatra.

From there, the group was expected to catch a connecting service to Jakarta and onwards to Sydney to be reunited with their families.