Outdoors NSW & ACT Awards 2025
As announced at the Outdoor Industry Summit, July 2025
OUTDOOR EDUCATION AWARDS
OUTDOORS NSW & ACT MEMBERSHIP
OUTDOORS NSW & ACT MEMBER ENGAGEMENT AWARDS
PINNACLE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM GRADUATES
OUTDOOR EDUCATION AWARDS 2023 & 2024
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR AWARD
RUNNER UP
Mountain Bike Junior Development
Pathway Program
Dynamic Motivation, Stromlo, Canberra ACT
WINNER in ACT
Outdoor Education Program
University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, ACT (pictured)
WINNER in NSW
Wilderness Education
Blue Mountains Grammar School, NSW
EMERGING PRACTITIONER AWARD
WINNER in ACT
SOPHIE FISHPOOL
Canberra Grammar School
WINNER in NSW
DANI FINE
Centennial Parklands Trust
Dani Fine was also the National Winner of the Outdoor Education Emerging Practitioner Award which was announced at the National Outdoor Education Conference in December 2024.
PRACTITIONER AWARD
RUNNERS UP
Tamara Armstrong
Carmelina Paragali
Ashley Butler
WINNER
SAM HODDER
Outward Bound Australia
ONSWACT MEMBERS
Membership longevity celebrations
(5, 10 & 20 year members)
10 Year Members
Organisations that have continued their membership with ONSWACT for 10 consecutive years:
Australian Outdoor Education Pty Ltd
20 Year Members
Organisations that have continued their membership with ONSWACT for 20 consecutive years:
- Blue Mountains Adventure Company
- Scouts NSW
- Avondale University
- YMCA Yarramundi
- Barker College
- Cycle Canberra
- TOPS Conference Centre
- Scots College - Glengarry
- Action Learning Initiatives
- Sea to Summit Expeditions
- TAFE Blue Mountains
- Camp Somerset
- Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School
- Southbound Adventures
- Outward Bound Australia
- Equipped Outdoors
ENGAGEMENT AWARDS 2024 - 2025
300 POINTS
Members that accumulated more than 300 professional development points
- Brian Wood
- Cally Greene
- Cameron Grave
- Charlene Bordley
- John Chapman
- Joshua Sorbello
- Kevin Silvy
- Kirsten Meyer
- Martin Baeme
- Rebecca Buckley
- Rob Mann
- Zac Zaharias
500 POINTS
Members that accumulated more than 500 professional development points
- Andrew Watts
- Andrew Banner
- Andy Mein
- David Chitty
- Emma Easther
- Helene De Lagillardaie
- Michelle Longhurst
GOLD MEMBER AWARD
The Gold Member award recognises a member that achieves 500 PD points and gets involved in the programs on offer and actively engages in ONSWACT industry consultations
WINNER
KIRSTY CURNOW
PINNACLE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM GRADUATES 2025
THE TRAILBLAZER AWARD WAS AWARDED TO
ALEENA HINES
This award recognises a graduate who committed herself to the program, its assignments and interraction with their mentor, as well as showcasing her new skills and creating trails for others to follow in how she went about her own journey in the program.
2025 Graduates
- DANA LONDON
- ZOE KING
- LIZZY PUGH
- ADELE LAMB
- DAKOTA KLEIN
- ANDREA WISHART
- JASMINE BROWN
- CLAUDIA LACHER
- SERENA EDWARD
- KARLEIGH HONEYBROOK
- KIRSTY CURNOW
- BEC BURCH
- OLGA KAZAKOVA
- ALEENA HINES
- RACHAEL QUENELL
- BREE MORTON
- EMILY BLACKBOURN
- PETA LONGHURST
- KIRRA AITKEN
- EMMA EASTHER
- FRANCESCA SMEE
- EMILY DePALO
- KRISTY BRYANT
A massive thank you to our 25 mentors who also participated in our program.
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