Meet our team

Always at the forefront of new travel destinations both Christine and Robert have been innovators in travel with programs such as ceramic study tours to Fiji and Vietnam, textile focused programs to Lao, Bhutan and West Timor, amongst many novel journeys developed for our widening band of travellers. Christine has formal qualifications in Ceramics. She has lived and worked in Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Lao and Fiji, and together with Robert is a founder of the Savan Foundation, a project in Lao designed to assist economic and social growth through self-help projects. Christine still escorts travel programs with an increasing number of past guests requesting her to lead private groups.

When not accompanying Christine on travel missions, Robert drives a desk from which the formal aspects of the business are created, such as trip dossiers, itineraries, and new concepts. When away from the desk he makes time for riding his Ducati (red). A graduate in Economics he is capable of understanding a graph and exchange rates, but finds great pleasure in the natural environment, a valuable asset under increasing threat worldwide. Robert is co-owner with Christine, and a Director. He is involved with Savanh (Active Travel's charitable foundation) - as well as providing opportunities for young people to gain experience in the work place. Robert has been an office holder with AFTA, served on the Board of Directors for a major travel group in Australia, as well as a number of community organisations.

Becky began her travel career back in 2005. She is now a very competent travel advisor and heads up our Groups Department. Becky has recently returned to Active Travel after what began as a 7 month world tour then turned into a 2 year adventure where she lived in the Shetland Isles of Scotland. In her years in the travel industry Becky has travelled in Asia, enjoying some of our river cruise programmes as well as Europe, Mexico, Cuba and the South Pacific. Spare time activities include (wait on, when does she have spare time?). Becky is a perfect match for our team in Canberra with great destination knowledge, airfare experience and a proven ability to fulfil the expectations of her clients, individuals and groups alike.

Terri is a member of staff who's star is on the rise. She has recently completed her Certificate IV in Tourism and Travel with flying colours and is now an established member of the consulting team. She manages our considerable number of Northern Territory and Western Australia enquiries and bookings with ease. She has spent time travelling in Europe, including Germany, the UK, Poland the Czech Republic and has cycled through France. She speaks near fluent German too - 'sprechen sie deutsch' anyone?

Tim has been in the travel industry for almost two decades. About eight years back he took extended sabbatical from Active Travel to work with Qantas and recently returned to fully utilize his many skills effectively. The combination of formative years with Active Travel, experience at Qantas and extensive travel means Tim is most capable of sorting out complicated itineraries, finding the best airfare and providing sound advice. These are qualities we pride ourselves in at Active Travel. Tim has three children with his two young daughters keeping him young helping Tim to keep up with team members on the rugby pitch.

More than 10 years ago Danni commenced with Active Travel. In that time she has developed long term friendships with her customers as well as developing a tremendous depth of knowledge in all aspects of travel. Danni now has a young family and her skills are directed to management, accounts and mentoring other team members.

NOTE - Martine is on long service leave until late 2012. Martine is our Groups Guru. With more than a decade of travel industry experience Martine has found her niche in managing our Groups Department, where the challenge of sending 10 or 150 people away is an everyday achievement. Not only is she most capable with the logistics of the paperwork, she knows destinations worldwide and arranges programs as diverse as Gallipoli through to Shanghai. Challenge her! You will be amazed at her knowledge, logistics and sense of humour!

David hails from Carlow in Ireland - with a lilting Irish accent to prove it! He has spent much of his life outdoors and most of his adult life travelling. He loves to share his knowledge and passion with clients. That passion for life is evident in his travel resume, having travelled six of the seven continents, he is sure to have the knowledge to assist with your travel requirements. Whether it be sea kayaking with whales in the Arctic, photographing penguins in Antarctica, trekking the high trails of Nepal, or the desert sands of Libya, David can certainly light the travel flame within you. So why not contact him now and allow him to help you plan you next holiday?

Rose is the newest member of the Active Travel team and comes with a formidable travel industry resume. This includes close to a decade within the vast Flight Centre empire, and more recently, the Senior Product Development Manager and Tour Programmer for NRMA Travel. She is passionate about several things in life - including the polar regions, India, Africa and cricket (she is an absolute cricket tragic and a member at the SCG in Sydney!) Rose arranges special groups and projects and loves to share her knowledge and passion with clients.

Richard has been working in the adventure travel industry for well over a decade and heads up sales, marketing and promotions at Active Travel. He is responsible for brochure production and building and maintaining the Active Travel website. He has travelled widely and added Antarctica, his seventh continent several years back and has been lucky to visit the white continent three times now. Richard has a particular passion for travel in the developing world - India and South East Asia in particular. He walked the Kokoda Track in 2010. He recently completed a three week research trip to Argentina and Chile. His favourite cities in the world include: Buenos Aires, Stockholm, Calcutta and Havana - quite a mix!

Richard has been in the travel industry for over 30 years. In the 1980's he lived in Cairo for three years and since 1987 he has designed and set up numerous tour programmes around the world including China, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Most recently he was a director of Peregrine Adventures, where he worked for 17 years and set up many of the company's product lines. He has been a member of the ASTW (Australian Society of Travel Writers) for over a decade and handles our PR and media promotions. He also provides valuable guidance on tour development and was instrumental in setting up our 'Egypt, Jordan, Syria & Turkey' programme. In his spare time he lectures on Islamic Art & Architecture and from time to time he leads tours to the Middle East. He also likes very old books!