We Are Explorers Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

We Are Explorers Podcast is back with Season 4 ready for your ear holes! Your hosts Tim Ashelford and Amy Fairall start us off with an update on all things adventures and We Are Explorers. 

Please excuse our late comeback in 2025 – we’ve been busy! In this episode, we chat about what adventures went down over summer, the newest season of Alone Australia, and give an update on all things ExplorerFest.

We dig into Tim’s epic Opera House Hut hike and what he learnt about Hadi Nazari’s misadventure in the same area.

What are you waiting for? Get it in your ears, Season 4 is coming in hot!

In this episode we cover

• Summer adventures
• Opera House Hut article
• Alone Australia
• Solo hiking article
• ExplorerFest
• Upcoming adventure plans

Show Notes

I Hiked to the Same Kosciuszko Hut as Hadi Nazari – Here Are 6 Things We Can Learn From His Mistakes

Hiking Solo Was My Rule for 5 Years – Now I’m Forging New Paths

Our Alone Australia S3 Predictions

Enjoy this episode? Listen to the last Tim & Amy episode, it’s full of 2025 ins and outs.
Or if you’re after something different, learn how combining Marine Biology & Photography took this explorer to Antarctica.

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In this week’s episode, hosts Tim & Amy answer all your ExplorerFest questions, go through their ins & outs for 2025, and discuss their upcoming adventures.

ExplorerFest is our first time venturing into the festival space, and in this episode, we unpack what makes ExplorerFest unique, and what kind of activities, workshops, and entertainment you can expect on the long weekend.

In the lead-up to the new year, the We Are Explorers team has been chatting ins & outs for 2025, as well as their next 12 months of adventure plans, and this episode includes a sneak peek of both.

Tune in for the last time in 2024 and we’ll chat in the new year!


In This Episode We Cover

• ExplorerFest – Everything you need to know
• Ins & Outs 2025
• Tim’s recent MTB crash
• 2025 adventure plans

 
Show notes

• Get Your ExplorerFest Tickets!
• 4 Insights From My First Climbing Project
  
  
  

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

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

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Hosts: Tim Ashelford and Amy Fairall

Alone Australia Season 2 will premiere on Wednesday 27th of March at 7:30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand.

We Are Explorers host Tim Ashelford talks with Alone Australia contestant Rick J Petersen on how he developed his survival skills from a young age, his preparedness for undertaking Alone in the New Zealand climate and terrain, and his popularity on TikTok.

In this chat we cover:  

• Rick's childhood on Tasman Island
• His love for Northern Australia 
• 15 years in the army and SAS
• Interest in Aboriginal culture
• Alone Australia Season 2
• New Zealand wildlife, climate, and terrain
• Rick's survival courses
• TikTok

Follow Rick J Petersen:
Website: https://rickjpetersen.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickjpetersen/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rickjpetersen5921
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rickjohnpetersen
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rickjpetersen?lang=en

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Instagram: @we_are_explorers

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Host: Tim Ashelford