[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 1974, film-maker Nate Dappen’s 20-year-old parents and Uncle Andy built their own canoes, launched them into the Pacific, and became some the first people in modern history to canoe from Washington to Alaska up the Inside Passage. Nate and his brother grew up paddling those wooden canoes in the Virginia rivers and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Riding From Cairo To Cape Town Tackling one of Biking’s Greatest Challenges This documentary, presented and narrated by iconic motorcycle adventurer, Charley Boorman (Long Way Round, Long Way Down), follows 16 motorbike riders across 20,000 gruelling kilometres through Africa. For 80 days, they battle blazing heat, treacherous roads, suffocating bureaucracy and bone-crunching crashes, attempting...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="5880" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="5879" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Dean Cunico [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]At the age of 15, Dean Cunico suffered 3 Strokes in 2 days in Wangaratta. Had his "Last Rights" read to him before being driven by ambulance to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He spent the next three weeks in ICU and after that, it...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="5870" img_size="large"][vc_column_text] Photos by Matthew Newton [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="5871" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="6258" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_empty_space][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/182332237"][vc_empty_space][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/244744757"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Paul Pritchard [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]A Festival Favourite: Paul returns in 2020 with more tales of adventure and conquests. Although he won't be doing a presentation, we have arranged a special Meet the Author session where you can get your copy of...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="5854" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="5852" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Mat Vaughan [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Mat Vaughan is an artist, adventurer and ultra trail runner living in a Kombi between the city and the mountains. Mat’s work investigates the functionality of art, space and objects; where the three intermingle; and how they all shift when one wiggles. When not...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="5848" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="5850" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Helen Osler [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]When her (now ex) boyfriend crashed her pride and joy 4WD after questioning her own driving skills, Helen decided it was time to take matters into her own hands. She began writing A Lady 4WDer’s Guide to the Outback to encourage more females to break through the mystery...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="5835" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="5831" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Samantha McMahon [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Sam is someone who loves travel, culture, and adventure. A combination of these passions have seen her sand board in the Nazcar Desert of Peru, downhill mountain bike the infamous death road in Bolivia, trek through the dense jungles of Borneo, and embark on...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="5814" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="5815" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Annie Dupleix [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Annie Dupleix, adventurer in her 'silver' years, hails from Cradle Mountain, Tasmania. Her positive and relaxed attitude, coupled with a true zest for savoring life, be it a solo motorcycle trip through exotic landscapes or a weekend micro adventure with snorkel in hand, Annie Dupleix is...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a bid to get rid of the gut (after sitting on my arse writing a PhD) I'm running again, and in-between spending quality time tinkering in the shed. Super-charging this very basic premise, I set out to run a mile an hour around my perfectly mile-long block for 24 hours, and in between do as much as possible; fixing stuff, making...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="5779" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="5780" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/Q7F4rSmQuBQ" title="Trailer"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Beau Miles [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]In a bid to get rid of the gut (after sitting on my arse writing a PhD) I'm running again, and in-between spending quality time tinkering in the shed. Super-charging this very basic premise, I set out to run a mile an hour around my perfectly mile-long block for 24...