Backpacker promises cash for rescuers A BRITISH backpacker who survived in the Queensland outback by drinking urine and contact lense fluid will donate proceeds from a media interview to his rescuers. A rescue helicopter found Sam Woodhead, 18, on Friday afternoon. He was dehydrated and sunburnt but otherwise OK. He was found about 5km from the homestead of a remote cattle station south of Longreach, after becoming lost on a Tuesday afternoon run. Mr Woodhead's mother Claire, who travelled from the UK as the search for her son unfolded, said he'd survived by drinking his urine, but when that didn't go down so well he resorted to sipping his contact lense fluid. Under an exclusive deal with a UK media outlet, Mr Woodhead will tell the full story of his ordeal. All of the proceeds will be donated back to the various organisations that aided the search for him. It's understood Mr Woodhead wants to continue his travels in Australia. He'd only been in the country for a few weeks when he went missing from the station where he'd been working.