A long term staple of the team building industry is getting your team to put together a pile of bikes and then handing them over to a local charity. Yes it sounds great and I'm sure participants get a sense of achievement, but there's a few very good reasons why we don't offer this program. Here they are: [list type="check"] Bikes come fully assembled in shops for a reason. When non-mechanics put them together the warranty is void. Bikes assembled by non-mechanics can be extremely dangerous To stretch event budgets, cheaper bikes are often purchased for bike builds. Bikes need an initial tune after about 50km of riding. Cables stretch and gears need adjusting. If the initial tune isn't done, cheap bikes become unridable within months. Bikes are often handed over with no maintenance equipment or instructions on how to keep them on the road. some people just aren't mechanically minded I collect unwanted bikes for a charity that sends them off to Africa where they are reconditioned and used for low cost transportation. Half the bikes I collect are only 6 months old and have seized completely. [/list] If you are really keen to do a CSR team building, we are offering a Regional Victorian wine tour in exchange for a donation to our preferred charity. Your delegates will be much happier, and the long term benefits are way more substantial. For more information just call or email.
A long term staple of the team building industry is getting your team to put together a pile of bikes and then handing them over to a local charity.
Yes it sounds great and I’m sure participants get a sense of achievement, but there’s a few very good reasons why we don’t offer this program.
Here they are:
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Bikes come fully assembled in shops for a reason. When non-mechanics put them together the warranty is void.
Bikes assembled by non-mechanics can be extremely dangerous
To stretch event budgets, cheaper bikes are often purchased for bike builds.
Bikes need an initial tune after about 50km of riding. Cables stretch and gears need adjusting. If the initial tune isn’t done, cheap bikes become unridable within months.
Bikes are often handed over with no maintenance equipment or instructions on how to keep them on the road.
some people just aren’t mechanically minded
I collect unwanted bikes for a charity that sends them off to Africa where they are reconditioned and used for low cost transportation. Half the bikes I collect are only 6 months old and have seized completely.
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If you are really keen to do a CSR team building, we are offering a Regional Victorian wine tour in exchange for a donation to our preferred charity. Your delegates will be much happier, and the long term benefits are way more substantial. For more information just call or email.
Corporate Orienteering is one of our most popular programs and it is flexible enough to be run as a team building or incentive activity. This week we ran an event for 65 people on our coolest course yet. Based at Scenic World in the Blue Mountains, teams had to track down about 25 checkpoints using GPS units, compasses, walkie talkies, and aerial maps. To access the checkpoints, groups used the Skyway, Scenic Railway, and Cable Car at Scenic World. These rides provided stunning views of the 3 Sisters, Katoomba Falls, Orphan Rock, and the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains National Park. Our international guests were amazed at the sites. Corporate Orienteering is a points based activity and teams visit as many checkpoints and complete as many other challenges as possible, in a set time frame. A $1000 prize for the winners kept the teams interested. After the scoring deadline, our guests enjoyed a lunch while we tallied team totals. The presentation ceremony took place at a historic pub in Central Katoomba. Congratulations to Team 1 "The Kangaroos" with a winning score of 498 points.
Corporate Orienteering is one of our most popular programs and it is flexible enough to be run as a team building or incentive activity.
This week we ran an event for 65 people on our coolest course yet. Based at Scenic World in the Blue Mountains, teams had to track down about 25 checkpoints using GPS units, compasses, walkie talkies, and aerial maps.
To access the checkpoints, groups used the Skyway, Scenic Railway, and Cable Car at Scenic World. These rides provided stunning views of the 3 Sisters, Katoomba Falls, Orphan Rock, and the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains National Park. Our international guests were amazed at the sites.
Corporate Orienteering is a points based activity and teams visit as many checkpoints and complete as many other challenges as possible, in a set time frame. A $1000 prize for the winners kept the teams interested.
After the scoring deadline, our guests enjoyed a lunch while we tallied team totals. The presentation ceremony took place at a historic pub in Central Katoomba.
Congratulations to Team 1 “The Kangaroos” with a winning score of 498 points.
...is filling up fast for the rest of the year. October-December is the busiest time of year for corporate events and we are blocking out plenty of dates in the calendar. October being exceptionally busy. We have already had to turn down a few requests. If you're keen to use Adventure for Life for a team building, incentive, Christmas Party, or adventure activity, we do need a reasonable lead time during peak season.
…is filling up fast for the rest of the year.
October-December is the busiest time of year for corporate events and we are blocking out plenty of dates in the calendar. October being exceptionally busy.
We have already had to turn down a few requests. If you’re keen to use Adventure for Life for a team building, incentive, Christmas Party, or adventure activity, we do need a reasonable lead time during peak season.
With only three Fridays in December before Christmas, sourcing venues, entertainment, and activities at this year's Christmas party is going to be harder than normal. Now is the time to start locking things in.
With only three Fridays in December before Christmas, sourcing venues, entertainment, and activities at this year’s Christmas party is going to be harder than normal.
If your company needs some blue sky thinking, inspiration, or creative solutions to complex problems, meeting in a stunning location on the edge of the wilderness can be incredibly productive. Delegates genuinely appreciate getting back to nature and they become more productive, engaged and creative at their next conference session. The following six venues have stunning wilderness experiences just beyond the conference door. 1. Lillianfels. This 5 star hotel overlooks the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains 90 minutes from Sydney. Take a simple walk along the escarpment and just enjoy the views. For the more adventurous, hike down into the valley and ascend back to the venue via the Giant Staircase. For the really adventurous, go canyoning down a narrow watercourse in the valley. 2. Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge: offers all the luxury expected of Peppers properties, and it's right on the boundary of Tasmania's World Heritage area. The region offers amazing hiking, paddling, and canyoning. Cradle Mountain is Australia's best single day mountain climb that will give delegates a genuine sense of achievement at the summit. 3. O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat: backs on to the Lamington National Park which gained World Heritage Status in 1994 in recognition of its high biodiversity. It's 2 hours from Brisbane's CBD, has all the conference necessities, and a great range of nature based adventure activities. 4. QT Falls Creek: is Victoria's premier venue in the High Country. Winter is all about skiing while summer offers paddling, hiking and biking opportunities. It's a great place to meet and get away from all the distractions of the city. 5. Freycinet: on Tasmania's East Coast is a genuinely special place. World class hiking and sea kayaking provide a great break for delegates. The walk to Wineglass Bay, while tough, is stunning. Pick from Saffire Freycinet or Freycinet Lodge. Both are superb
Blue Mountains World Heritage AreaCradle Mountain: A challenging all day climb.
If your company needs some blue sky thinking, inspiration, or creative solutions to complex problems, meeting in a stunning location on the edge of the wilderness can be incredibly productive.
Delegates genuinely appreciate getting back to nature and they become more productive, engaged and creative at their next conference session.
The following six venues have stunning wilderness experiences just beyond the conference door.
1. Lillianfels. This 5 star hotel overlooks the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains 90 minutes from Sydney. Take a simple walk along the escarpment and just enjoy the views. For the more adventurous, hike down into the valley and ascend back to the venue via the Giant Staircase. For the really adventurous, go canyoning down a narrow watercourse in the valley.
2. Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge: offers all the luxury expected of Peppers properties, and it’s right on the boundary of Tasmania’s World Heritage area. The region offers amazing hiking, paddling, and canyoning. Cradle Mountain is Australia’s best single day mountain climb that will give delegates a genuine sense of achievement at the summit.
3. O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat: backs on to the Lamington National Park which gained World Heritage Status in 1994 in recognition of its high biodiversity. It’s 2 hours from Brisbane’s CBD, has all the conference necessities, and a great range of nature based adventure activities.
4. QT Falls Creek: is Victoria’s premier venue in the High Country. Winter is all about skiing while summer offers paddling, hiking and biking opportunities. It’s a great place to meet and get away from all the distractions of the city.
5. Freycinet: on Tasmania’s East Coast is a genuinely special place. World class hiking and sea kayaking provide a great break for delegates. The walk to Wineglass Bay, while tough, is stunning. Pick from Saffire Freycinet or Freycinet Lodge. Both are superb venues. And then there is Tasmania’s incredible food!
We've just launched a new venue finding service. After delivering team building and adventure activities from nearly 100 properties, we are using our strong knowledge to find the perfect venue for a client's next conference. It's free, fast, and saves the client time, energy and money. Adventure for Life considers a client's conferencing needs, travel times, desired activities, and other factors before referring suitable venues. Just fill out the online form or call us, and we will send you a selection of venues that meet your criteria, prices and key contact details to make a booking.
After delivering team building and adventure activities from nearly 100 properties, we are using our strong knowledge to find the perfect venue for a client’s next conference.
It’s free, fast, and saves the client time, energy and money.
Adventure for Life considers a client’s conferencing needs, travel times, desired activities, and other factors before referring suitable venues.
Just fill out the online form or call us, and we will send you a selection of venues that meet your criteria, prices and key contact details to make a booking.
Last month our guide Jack Taylor passed his advanced first aid exam. This allows him to take on some new roles in the adventure activities area. Adventure for Life owner Iain Lygo also upgraded his first aid qualifications and is now an internationally recognised Wilderness First Responder. This course teaches students how to give advanced and extended patient care in a wilderness area. Students also learn to give injections, wound care, and even how to create a traction splint for a mid shaft fractured femur out of camping equipment. If you plan to take your team beyond an hour from definitive medical care on a hike, mountain bike ride, overnight camping or a cross country skiing tour, insist at least one of the guides is a wilderness first responder.
Last month our guide Jack Taylor passed his advanced first aid exam. This allows him to take on some new roles in the adventure activities area.
Adventure for Life owner Iain Lygo also upgraded his first aid qualifications and is now an internationally recognised Wilderness First Responder. This course teaches students how to give advanced and extended patient care in a wilderness area.
Students also learn to give injections, wound care, and even how to create a traction splint for a mid shaft fractured femur out of camping equipment.
If you plan to take your team beyond an hour from definitive medical care on a hike, mountain bike ride, overnight camping or a cross country skiing tour, insist at least one of the guides is a wilderness first responder.
Hayley Miles has just joined the Adventure for Life team as the national sales manager. Hayley has 10 years experience in sales and event management. She will be looking after a client list, and take on a business development role at Adventure for Life.
Hayley Miles has just joined the Adventure for Life team as the national sales manager. Hayley has 10 years experience in sales and event management. She will be looking after a client list, and take on a business development role at Adventure for Life.
Our first question to potential clients is, "What is the main objective of the team building activity?" A very common and brutally honest response is, "Keep them away from the bar" or "make sure they don't go crazy the night before business sessions". Adventure for Life doesn't do "song and dance" activities, Murder Mystery nights or Bogan Bingo. Our strength is adventure, and we've just purchased a large number of high powered bike and helmet mounted lights. These lights will light up bike and walking trails, and allow us to run kayak trips at night. Not only are these night adventures unique, your delegates will be "fresh as a daisy" for those all important business sessions. Potential trips include Surf Coast and Creswick mountain biking, Anglesea River paddles, downhill mountain biking on Big Hill in the Mornington Peninsula, night walks in Lorne.
Our first question to potential clients is, “What is the main objective of the team building activity?” A very common and brutally honest response is, “Keep them away from the bar” or “make sure they don’t go crazy the night before business sessions”.
Adventure for Life doesn’t do “song and dance” activities, Murder Mystery nights or Bogan Bingo.
Our strength is adventure, and we’ve just purchased a large number of high powered bike and helmet mounted lights. These lights will light up bike and walking trails, and allow us to run kayak trips at night.
Not only are these night adventures unique, your delegates will be “fresh as a daisy” for those all important business sessions.
Potential trips include Surf Coast and Creswick mountain biking, Anglesea River paddles, downhill mountain biking on Big Hill in the Mornington Peninsula, night walks in Lorne.
Cycling is the new golf, so why not adjust your incentives program to include this booming activity? Adventure for Life has just launched a new incentive program that rewards your top performers with cycling related products, services, and incredible experiences. For more information click here.
Cycling is the new golf, so why not adjust your incentives program to include this booming activity? Adventure for Life has just launched a new incentive program that rewards your top performers with cycling related products, services, and incredible experiences. For more information click here.
