Our 2022 Expedition logo – by Makula Nona
When our Extreme Dreams: Torres Strait expedition was nothing more than a far-flung dream in my head, it was wracked with logistical nightmares and ocean-topped incidents. My mind was laden with images of ancient First-Nation seafarers, battling the elements in...
Extreme Dreams: Torres Strait Trip Report
Our ten-day pioneering Extreme Dreams expedition to the untamed sea-country of the Torres Strait Islands was seriously the bad-ass adventure we had hoped it to be after 12 months of planning. Our crew of Venturers (all first-time paddlers) became the first 6-man...
Interview with Wayne Gerard, Queensland’s Chief Entrepreneur
The role of Queensland’s Chief Entrepreneur makes a significant impact to the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem in Queensland. We recently caught up with a member of our Society of Extraordinary Venturers and CEO and Co-Founder of RedEye, Wayne Gerard, who has...
Clamp on your crampons…in Australia?
The Snowy Mountains called and the Best Life Adventures community answered. Winter Mountaineering is a very un-Australian experience, but having previously braved the cold of the Arctic winter and high altitude trekking in the Himalayas, our Venturer* community were...
The original ‘yes’ girl – interview with serial venturer – Cathy U’Ren
If there was ever going to be a sequel to the movie, ‘Yes Man’ with a female lead, it'd be called ‘Yes Girl’ based around the life of one of the core members of our Society of Extraordinary Venturers*, Cathy U’Ren. Why? Cathy epitomizes the ‘Yes Girl’ attitude in all...
Christmas around the world in 2020
We asked our adventurous partners around the globe about their traditions and where in this wild world they will be at Christmas. Below are the stories of our greatest global friends. Personally, we're off to Lady Elliot Island for five days of epic underwater action...
“O’Reilly’s to the Rock” Run Nation Film Festival Premiere
78km of bush-bashing, ultra-marathon, trail-running adventure. With the border between Queensland and New South Wales closed, Best Life Adventures Founder, Ben Southall, teamed up with a small group of Wild Earth Ambassadors to embark on a never-been-done-before...
Great Barrier Reef 2, Ben 0
In the name of Great Barrier Reef conservation, our founder Ben Southall was attempting to help the corals of Luncheon Bay, Hook Island, by removing a few Crown of Thorns starfish from the fringing reef during his recent Kayak the Whitsundays expedition. However,...
74 islands, 10 epic people, 1 magnificent Whitsundays expedition
For our latest Back-Pocket Adventure we travelled to the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland for seven days of good times, kayaking and sailing the Great Barrier Reef with our group intrepid Venturers.
Mount Barney Expedition
Every year Best Life Adventures curate and deliver bespoke, wilderness adventures for corporate teams from across Australia. This year we cast aside the shadow of Covid, and headed to the shadow of Mount Barney for two days, to learn the art of navigation and...
