recreation | Outdoors Victoria

Get Active Kids Voucher Program Round 3 open!

by The Editor | Oct 7, 2021 | Bush Adventure Therapy, Education Outdoors Conference, Grants & Funding, Outdoor Education

Back in March 2021, we announced the launch of the very successful Get Active Kids Voucher Program. Helping eligible families cover the cost of getting their kids involved in organised sport and recreation. More than 20,000 vouchers have been accessed in the first and...

CovidSafe Plan Guidelines for Outdoor Sector

by The Editor | Sep 28, 2020 | COVID-19

By now most of us will be familiar with the Victorian Government’s ‘roadmaps for reopening’ for how we live and work in both metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. The roadmap guidelines provide long-term plans for our path out of restrictions...

What is Body Positive Hiking?

by The Editor | Sep 10, 2018 | Outdoor news

Escaping Your Comfort Zone A gender-inclusive & body positive hiking group Guest author: Richelle Olsen (Founder) and Loey Matthews (Storyteller), from Escaping Your Comfort Zone. We live in a society where there is immense pressure to conform to a certain size,...

Clare Dallat wins International Risk Management Award

by The Editor | Aug 30, 2018 | media release

Clare Dallat, Executive Director of Research and Innovation, and Director of Risk Resolve at The Outdoor Education Group has been awarded the prestigious Reb Gregg Wilderness Risk Management Award for 2018!

Government Overturns Ruling On Proposed New Levy on Commercial Canoes and Kayaks!

by The Editor | Apr 27, 2018 | media release

Fantastic news! Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has JUST confirmed in a letter to Outdoors Victoria that there will now be an exemption for commercially run canoes and kayaks in the new legislation. NO CANOES OR KAYAKS WILL BE LEVIED BY AMSA Thanks...