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Impact Safari lutruwita/Tasmania
Over 7 days curated by Small Giants embrace your wildness. Journey through the pristine wilderness and cities of lutruwita/Tasmania, experiencing the rich biodiversity and sacred cultural significance of takayna/Tarkine and Preminghana, while engaging in deep conversation with those at the forefront of caring, protecting and living with these remarkable wild places.
Beyond excited to meet with Chief Scientific Officer, Rocky de Nys at EarthShot Prize Finalists, Sea Forest, who are cultivating a native red seaweed called Asparagopsis. Producing a feed supplement that when added in small amounts to the diets of livestock sharply reduces methane emissions. Hang out with pioneering artist, curator, 24 Carrot Gardens Founder & 'other-half' of Mona - Museum of Old and New Art, Kirsha Kaechele. Experience takayna/The Tarkine's wild rivers lined with Huon pines, one of the world’s oldest trees, guided by Bob Brown Foundation takayna campaigner, Scott Jordan. Immersing in the activism, connection and protection of this wild place. Grateful to be invited onto palawa sacred site, Preminghana by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre guides, across a landscape of sea, sand, woodland and coastal scrub. To witness protected petroglyphs which are among the finest examples of hunter-gatherer rock art in the world and sleep under a blanket of stars.
Impact Safari lutruwita/Tasmania is for anyone interested in creating shifts in personal, organisational or cultural identities. Our Safaris cover ideas and frameworks across systems-thinking, regenerative economies, empathic leadership, connection to self and wild places.
Impact Safaris are designed for individuals who are actively mobilising their communities or organisations toward a thriving planet. This includes but is not limited to:
The programs are by application only, ensuring a diverse yet aligned cohort. Each journey is designed to challenge participants to rethink their roles in the world and deepen their capacity for leadership in service of a just and regenerative future
Those drawn to explore their place in deep time, connect and understand with how to embody their purpose and contribution to this moment. Retreat from the everyday and be reminded of our innate nature are invited to express interest.
Arrive in the city heart of Tasmania, Hobart. Be warmly welcomed by your guides Joshua & Jo Yeldham and Small Giants Team and connect your cohort. Dive into our opening circle, setting intention and laying the foundations of our time together. Spend the afternoon at 24 Carrats Kitchen Gardens, which over its lifetime has engaged more than 4,100 young people through kitchen garden programs. Share dinner with 24 Carrat Founder, curator, artist and 'the other half' of MONA, Kirsha Kaechele.
After a delicious locally sourced breakfast, we will head to meet with the Chief Scientific Officer behind Sea Forest (EarthShot Prize Finalist,) an eco-technology/aquaculture company and foundation based in Triabunna on Tasmania’s east coast. Pioneering marine ecosystem health, climate mitigation, and seaweed innovations. Onward to the threatened Grove of Giants down in the Huon Valley, the trees here can reach heights of 85 metres or more, with massive girths. Some are over 400 years old, standing as silent witnesses to centuries of ecological change. Bridging us into the wilderness. Share dinner with a special guest.
Opt into a Morning walk followed by a cold plunge. We will make our way west, passing through Queenstown area, to meet with Australian Actress Marta Dusseldorf who calls this land home, share a meal and workshop co-led by Joshua and Marta. Before making our way to Corrina Wilderness Village, our base in the deep South West. Hike down to Huskisson River with our expert guides. Marvel at the ancient river systems and diverse wildlife sustained by this flowing force. As we hike, we will rest for conversation and connection beginning to understand the unique gift of takayna/Tarkine amongst 2000 year old Huon Pines. Our first night sleeping at the 'Old Pub' family style under a blanket of stars.
Wake with a gentle morning of meditation, after breakfast at Corrina we will aboard the historic MV Arcadia II, a magnificent craft built of Huon Pine in 1939 to cruise the Pieman River. We will share a new perspective of the waterways that breath life into this magical Country. Walk Mount Donaldson and opt in to feel the rush of the pristine rivers via Kayak. We will settle in for an evening of conversation with locals over dinner.
Today we will journey to Preminghana - a deeply significant cultural and natural site located in the far northwest. It's one of the most important Aboriginal heritage places in Tasmania and is protected as an Indigenous Protected Area (IPA). Formerly known as Mount Cameron West, the site was returned to Tasmanian Aboriginal ownership in 1995 and renamed Preminghana, meaning “the place of the spirits” in the language of the local Palawa people. Relax into the vast landscape,be guided by Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre guides and pause to reflect on your place in deep time.
Follow the rhythms of First Nations, Palawa people. Eat freshly caught seafood, foraged bush food and travel by foot accross this biodiverse coastal gem. Spend the afternoon in workshop, before sunset swims and fireside chats.
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This morning we hold our closing circle on Preminghana, then we make our way to Launceston. Sharing lunch at Stillwater, award winning restaurant, on the banks of the Kanamaluka/Tamar estuary. Visit local a saw-mill and meet with the owner, James Neville Smith - garnering a new perspective of legacy, action and conservation. Celebrate in a closing circle and say our goodbyes.
Jo Yeldham is a photographer and acupuncturist. She studied Chinese Traditional Medicine at UTS university and practiced acupuncture in Sydney for 15 years. She studied photography at the Australian Center for Photography in Paddington in her 20’s and has in the past 10 years contributed to Harper’s Bazaar Australia and Spain, Dumbo Feather , Walker’s Journal, Vogue Australia and the Financial Review magazine as well as working as a commerical photographer for Art Club and Kit X fashion brands. Jo has designed, edited and contributed to the Picador published book “Surrender” as well as exhibition catalogues that she collaborates with her partner Joshua Yeldham on their shared creative practice and home studio environment with their children Indigo and Jude.
Joshua Yeldham’s practice spans painting, sculpture, photography and carved works on paper. Guided by a spiritual connection to the land, his distinctive visual language blends narrative, myth, imagination and a reverence for nature. His works often combine mediums, from oil paintings with sculptural assemblage to photographs that are intricately pierced and carved, and at times even musical sculptures that bring sound into dialogue with his images. For Yeldham, a painting is not simply a window onto the world but a tool of transformative self-discovery, offering viewers a space of stillness, reverie and connection with the natural world
Watch this short video on Joshua’s latest exhibition ‘In Return’.
You can learn more of Joshua Yeldham’s work here.
Simon Harris exists to inspire people in meaningful ways so that, together, each of us can help our wild places to survive and thrive. As the director of For Wild Places Simon leads community into immediate action to protect places of environmental and cultural significance using sports activism as the vehicle for linking human happiness and environmental well-being. Alongside Bob Brown Foundation, Simon founded and delivers the takayna trail, sponsored by Patagonia.
Anna is Head of Impact Safari at Small Giants Academy. She thrives on creating transformational impact experiences for our community by collaborating deeply with local knowledge. She is passionate about creating nurturing spaces for humans to be human and explore storied places across the globe through a local lens. As a trained death doula, Anna approaches her work and life with deep reverence to rites of passage and the cyclical way of being.
Away from her work with Small Giants Academy, Anna spends time plotting her own off-grid small home, dancing and road tripping the Australian coastlines with friends, collecting inspiration to imbue her work with.
This is an all-inclusive cost for the duration of the program, including accomodation, on ground travel, meals, intimate workshops with on-ground partners and an immersive leadership experience delivered by the faculty at Small Giants Academy.
As always there are many ways to financially access our programs. B-Corp employees receive 20% supported places. First Nations and Youth leaders can access supported places of varying amounts. Storytellers can receive support to take part to capture the journey.
This cost is exclusive of alochol, personal buying and return flights from your origin to the program start.
Impact Safari is an initiative of Small Giants Academy, which is a registered not-for-profit charity. Our cancellation policy is intended to provide you with maximum flexibility while ensuring our team can make preparations to deliver the incredible experience you’re expecting.
Please notify us of a cancellation by email so we can provide you with a refund minus the following cancellation fees:
Smart move. To secure your place or ask any questions, please email Impact Safari Producer, Anna here:
Small Giants is located on the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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