The Wallaroos are looking to extend their stay in England as they prepare for a crunch quarter-final clash against Canada in Bristol.
The Australians will play the world number two ranked team on Sunday (AEST) after finishing second in their group following a tense final round that saw them advance on points difference.
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It puts them on a collision course with a red-hot Canadian side, who have emerged as one of the competition favourites thanks to thumping wins over Scotland, Wales and Fiji.
But the Wallaroos, who have now made quarter-finals in six of their eight RWC campaigns, are eager to keep playing under departing coach Jo Yapp and keep their competition hopes alive.
“We're not ready to go home, nor do we want to go home,” prop Eva Karpani said.
“We flew almost 30 hours to get here and we don't look forward to flying back without anything.
“We're pretty headstrong on just focusing on this week, taking it week by week, but obviously we want to get the win, but it's going to be really hard too.
“I think in that first half performance that we put out against England, I think that just shows how much determination that the girls had,” flyhalf Faitala Moleka added.
“Although the World Cup was this year, girls have been working years to get to this place right now.
“I think we were expected not by ourselves, but from the external people that we make the quarter finals, but we're not settling here. We want to get to the final.”
The Wallaroos were feeling the confidence of a dominant first half against England that saw them lead the Red Roses for 39 minutes after Adiana Talakai's early try.
Now, Australia's tournament survival hinges on whether they can deliver that kind of performance for the full 80 minutes.
“I think that's just our Achilles' heel at the moment, being consistent,” winger Desiree Miller said.
“We showed the first 20-30 minutes, we were all over them and we had the mentality of we have nothing left to lose and we had that belief of causing an upset.
“We need to go in there with the same mentality, give it all we've got and we want to get off that field and say we gave it everything we had.”
