Australia Archives - The Adventure Travel Film Festival

20th December 2022

Sophie Matterson

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="8096" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="8033" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="8094" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="8095" img_size="large"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Sophie Matterson Winner of the Australian Geographic Spirit of Adventure Award 2022 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Sophie Matterson is an adventurer currently based in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. In 2020 and 2021 Sophie solo trekked 4,800 kilometres across the width of Australia, from Shark Bay, Western Australia...

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15th December 2022

Robyn Davidson

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="8082" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="8083" img_size="medium"][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Robyn Davidson [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Robyn is an Australian writer best known for her 1980 book Tracks, about her 2,700 km (1,700 miles) trek across the deserts of Western Australia using camels. Her career of travelling and writing about her travels has spanned 40 years. In 1975, Robyn moved to Alice Springs in an effort to...

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28th January 2021

Zac Newham – Q&A

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="7075" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Q&A after his film ‘The Road To Sydney’ [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Zac Newham is quite the star of this year’s festival. Personable, resolute, charming and YOUNG! He is the man behind the extraordinary website www.natural-art.uk and the more you get to know him, the more you realise that his solo cycle ride...

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6th March 2020

The Road To Sydney

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Zac Newham embarks on a 25,000 mile solo cycle ride from his home in England to Sydney on his budget childhood bicycle. “The Road to Sydney” gives the viewer a truthful (albeit whirlwind!) snapshot of this epic year and a half long journey on two wheels and palpably puts us all in the...

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28th January 2020

Terry Bolland

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="6639" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Terry Bolland [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Life as an Expedition Paddler [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Terry has been adventuring in one way or another all his life. He has paddled for 45 years, covering over 100,000 kms, and has explored over 40 countries. His main passion has been expedition canoeing and kayaking all over Australia and North...

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28th January 2020

Shane McLachlan

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="6559" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Shane McLachlan [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] How We Shot and Produced ‘Made Like a Gun’ [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Shane is a Sydney based Director, DOP and Editor with over 35 years’ experience in corporate, TV commercials and documentary filmmaking. He is also an experienced CASA-certified drone pilot. Shane’s passion for motorcycles and adventure started from the...

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28th January 2020

Lyn Mawby

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="6651" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Lyn Mawby [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Off-Grid - Dog Mushing Expedition in the Alaskan Yukon [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Passionate for all things outdoors, Lyn loves to seek out diverse modes of transport, making each journey unique. Train-hopping through India, exploring Mongolia by motorcycle, backpacking through Asia, and sailing Thailand have created a collection of heart-warming, funny,...

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28th January 2020

Jaye Edwards

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="6641" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Jaye Edwards [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] A Twit’s Guide to Adventuring [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Jaye Edwards is a twit. Over the last 10 years, she has been adding the ‘mis’ to adventure. Whether it be on the back of a motorcycle in central Australia or Thailand; leather tramping trails in South West WA, Canada or New...

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28th January 2020

Jacob French – Troopertrek

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="6645" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Jacob French [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Troopertrek [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Jacob is a member of the Star Wars fan group, the 501st Legion, who provide costumed volunteer work and charity fundraising while promoting an interest in Star Wars. Running the Run Melbourne Half Marathon in his Stormtrooper suit gave Jacob the inspiration to walk across Australia while...

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28th January 2020

Ewen Macgregor

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="6649" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Ewen Macgregor [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] The Trans European Trail - An Adventure Motorcycle Rider's Dream [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Ewen is a passionate adventurer who has travelled extensively in Canada, UK, Europe and Australia. His previous escapades have included white water and sea kayaking, hiking and mountain biking around the remote Kimberley, cross-country mountain skiing in...

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