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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

David Fedele

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="6643" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Speaker: David Fedele [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Whose Story is it? Representation, Responsibility and Authorship in Global Storytelling [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]David is an award-winning documentary filmmaker from Melbourne, particularly interested in exploring cultural, humanitarian, environmental and social justice issues. His films cover diverse topics including sub-Saharan African migration in Morocco, electronic waste in Ghana and illegal...

Ann-Marie Meredith

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="6653" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Ann-Marie Meredith [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Up the Mahakam: Cave Exploration Expeditions in Kalimantan, Borneo [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Ann-Marie is a passionate caver with over 30 years’ experience and is a recognised Trip Leader with the Western Australian Speleological Group. She has caved extensively in many of Australia's karst regions and has a particular love for...

Xander Kabat -Behind the Lens of Infinite Wonder of Africa Photographic Exhibition

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_gallery interval="3" images="6623,6622,6621,6620,6619,6618" img_size="large"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Speaker: Xander Kabat [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Africa was called "The Dark Continent" in Henry Stanley’s 1878 travelogue, describing it as an unexplored, unknown and “Savage” place. Xander Kabat spent 11 months traveling the length of the west coast, discovering that Africa is anything but dark. Exhibiting for the first time in...

Tim Cope – a man, a dog, an epic adventure

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="6317" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="6318" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] Speakers: Tim Cope [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Tim Cope is an adventurer, author and film-maker who is passionate about inspiring young people to explore the world that exists beyond their doorstep. He has studied as a wilderness guide in the Finnish and Russian subarctic, ridden a bicycle across Russia to China...