In this week’s episode, our hosts unpack how MOMENTS entries are going and the harmony between creativity and the outdoors. They yarn about outdoor sports in the Olympics, and how different this version of each sport is to the activities most of us know and love.

Finally, with a variety of articles catching the interest of our audience recently, they go deep into the stories that caused a stir!

In This Episode We Cover

• MOMENTS – photo, video, and writing competition
• Olympics – sport in a controlled environment
• Arc’teryx’s new ‘MO/GO’ pants
• Pros & cons of Tassie’s controversial ‘Next Iconic Walk’
• Fires in the bush – K’gari bushfire investigation
• PFCs in rain jackets – Your rain jacket is probably harming the planet
• 9 best 4WD tracks in Australia
• Junk sailing from Hobart to Sydney

Join We Are Explorers Podcast host, Tim Ashelford, as he learns how Cezary & Leo dreamt up this unique gap year, and what's gone down in the first six months. Joining the podcast from the Western Treatment Plant (yep, a sewage treatment farm that apparently has great spot bird watching), the pair are over 10,000km and 590 birds into their year-long adventure.

They've both deferred uni in favour of a wild adventure, combining their passion for birds, their bikes as a means of affordable transport, and a fundraising effort to build a school in East Timor.

In This Episode We Cover

• The 700+ bird species in Aus
• Getting into birding
• Why the pair chose to travel by bike
• Trip budget
• Bikepacking experience
• Fundraising for a school in East Timor
• Bird highlights
• Chasing the common redshank
• Characters on the road
• Bike setups
• Safety on the road
• What's next
• Spend it well – school in East Timor

Show Notes
Cezary and Leo are raising money for Spend It Well, a charity that builds schools in East Timor. You can follow along their journey via their joint Instagram @twobirderstwobikes.

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Host: Tim Ashelford

Join our hosts as they recap some recent articles that have captured your imagination and take a deep dive into the world of misadventure. They also talk about the recent launch of Explorer Basecamp, our accommodation vertical and MOMENTS, our first creativity and storytelling competition which opens today! There are $15,000 worth of cash prizes to be won and entries are open until the 15th August.

In this chat we cover:

Recent articles

• Wombats – Tourism Tas & Maria Island
• Seasonal articles – Best Coastal Towns for a Beach Holiday
• Solo hiking

Misadventure

• NZ Bikepacking Adventure
• Pitches – what we do and don’t publish
• Infinite Raspberry Excerpt – Katrina Hemingway
• Tips to avoid misadventure
• Safety Messaging/articles

Recent We Are Explorers Launches

• Basecamp
• Moments

Brendan Waters set up his disability service provider Limitless Ability because he believed disability care should be individually tailored to each client. From group camping to gold panning, listen on to hear how he is providing people with disabilities the same coming of age experiences as everyone else.

In this week's episode, join We Are Explorers host Amy Fairall as she chats to Brendan to unpack how he got into the industry, the cookie cutter approach large scale providers take, and what he thinks is most important for people living with disabilities.

In this chat we cover:

• Brendans Journey into disability care
• What makes Limitless Ability different from other providers
• The activities Limitless Ability takes its clients on
• The benefits of getting outdoors
• The isolation that living with a disability can create
• Why the outdoors is so powerful
• Why family and friends can't offer this experience
• The importance of independence
• Terrible Trojans All Abilities Rugby Union team
• How to find similar providers

Find out more about Limitless Ability:
Website: https://www.limitlessability.com.au/

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Host: Amy Fairall

Join We Are Explorers Podcast hosts, Tim Ashelford and Amy Fairall in this week’s episode without all the distractions that come with doing a bushwalk at the same time.


They chat about recent articles that’ve been published about conservation and accessibility to nature in Australia. You'll also find out how the editorial team writes news and chooses what to publish, plus some more lighthearted discussion on fishing in the NT, Tim’s recent trail race in the Red Centre, and of course the wrap up from Alone Australia Season 2.

In this chat we cover:

• Conservation issues
• Lee Point land clearing
• National Parks – what can we learn from US National Parks and what makes Australia’s National Parks so special?
• Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area
• Making parks accessible to all
• How WAE write news and chooses which stories see the light of day
• Fishing in the NT
• Alone Australia finale
• West Macs Monster Trail Run

Follow Tim Ashelford:
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Follow Amy Fairall:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy.eloise/

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Hosts: Tim Ashelford and Amy Fairall

On the 64th day of the show, the winner of Alone Australia Season 2 was crowned. We Are Explorers were lucky enough to record this chat with the winner.

*Alone Australia Season 2 Finale spoilers below*

We Are Explorers host (and Alone Australia fanboy) Tim spoke to Krzyzstof about bed construction, the edit, Krzysztof’s favourite piece of gear and how the experience changed him.


In this chat we cover:

• The winning feeling
• The motivation to keep going
• Krzysztof’s shelter
• How he ended up on Alone Australia Season 2
• Neurodivergence and positivity
• Crafternoons
• Packing list
• The isolation
• How the experience changed him

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Host: Tim Ashelford

This podcast was made possible thanks to our mates at Arc'teryx.

Divya Gordon is a visionary outdoor filmmaker who produced and directed the recently released film Maven, showcasing the women at the forefront of Australia's backcountry skiing community.

We Are Explorers host Amy Fairall had the chance to talk to Divya about how she got into the outdoors, filmmaking and why it's important to put a spotlight on women in the outdoors.

In this chat we cover:

• Living in a van
• Highlining
• Divya’s previous film Seven 7 Seven
• Divya’s latest film Maven
• Arc’teryx film tour
• Snow seasons and the impact from climate change
• Backcountry skiing
• Filming in the snow
• Women in the outdoors

Follow Divya Gordon:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/divyagordonfilm/
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/divyagordoncreative

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Events Calendar: https://weareexplorers.co/events/list/

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Host: Amy Fairall

This podcast was made possible thanks to our mates at Arc'teryx.

Join We Are Explorers hosts Tim Ashelford and Amy Fairall as they take you on a walk through Sydney Harbour. Find out what the hosts do at We Are Explorers, hear some of their tales from past adventures and what they both have coming up.

In this chat we cover:

• Tim and Amy go on a walk in Sydney harbour NP
• Who is Tim
• Who is Amy
• Amy in Darwin
• Tim in Sydney
• Amy’s favourite thing to do outdoors
• Tims favourite thing to do outdoors
• Larapinta ultra
• Bouldering
• Stories on the site
• Adventures where things went wrong

Follow Tim Ashelford:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tim_ashelford/

Follow Amy Fairall:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy.eloise/

Ready for an adventure of your own?
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Website: https://weareexplorers.co/
Instagram: @we_are_explorers

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Hosts: Tim Ashelford and Amy Fairall