Orchard played an integral role for the Australian Kookaburras, who beat Germany 2-1 in the World Cup final on Saturday night in New Delhi to end a 24-year hoodoo.

After a night of celebration the Kookaburras were headed home.

Orchard resides in Perth where the Australian Institute of Sport hockey program is based.

But he will spend less than a fortnight in the West before heading to Holland - such is the life of an international hockey star.

After Holland, he is off to Germany for a Champions Trophy event and then back to New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games and a shot at another medal.

Somewhere in between, the 24-year-old will return to his family home in Bolwarra for a break.

"He is off to Tilburg for a six-week stint and then hopefully he will get a chance to come home for a few days," his father Steve said yesterday. "They don't get much time off."

Orchard started in all seven games in Delhi and in the process took his career Test tally past the 50 mark.

The World Cup was his second major tournament triumph following the Champions Trophy success in Melbourne in December.

"He has done pretty well for a guy who started meekly up at Muswellbrook on the grass," Steve said.

After losing the first pool game 3-2 to England, the Kookaburras reeled off six straight wins to erase the pain of losing to the Germans in the 2002 and 2006 finals.

Eddie Ockenden's early field goal gave Australia the advantage for most of the game until Germany equalised in the 48th minute.

But man of the match Luke Doerner's converted penalty corner in the 59th minute earned the Kookaburras their first world title since their 1986 triumph in London.

Steve watched the final at home with friends and family and spoke to Simon afterwards on Skype.

"He was thrilled as you would expect," Steve said.

"They planned to celebrate pretty hard."