Stride Outside campaign This September, OHA is supporting the Stride Outside campaign to get more people outside for better mental health. Led by Stride, one of Australia’s largest mental health organisations, the campaign is a free and inclusive challenge to spend 30 minutes outdoors every day for 30 days. This might include spending a daily … Read more
OHA Annual General Meeting May 13 2026 Outdoor Health Australia community and membership gathered online on May 13th for the 2026 Annual General Meeting, providing an opportunity to reflect on a significant year, acknowledge the many people contributing to OHA, and look ahead to the organisation’s next chapter. The meeting opened with an Acknowledgement of … Read more
Here is a few upcoming events and conferences from across our community that may be of interest. (NB: These are just a few that we have came across in recent times, in our voluntary capacity. There are many events and offerings in the broad fields that encompass Health Outdoors. If you have an event to … Read more
The International Association for Adventure and Nature based Therapies is an international network of practitioners, researchers, and people with an interest in collaborating about Adventure and Nature Based Therapies. IAANT has representatives from over 40 countries and hosts a triennial conference. The Australian representatives on IAANT are Amanda Smith and Fiona Cameron. If you would … Read more
Since 2023, the Outdoor Health Australia (OHA) Rainbow Group has been creating opportunities for LGBTQIA+ people and allies to connect, share, learn and contribute to a more inclusive outdoor health sector. Through monthly online meetups, practitioners, researchers, educators, students, bush adventure therapy participants and allies have come together to explore the intersections between LGBTQIA+ identities, … Read more
Welcome to Amanda and Fiona! Amanda Smith (she/her) is a social work lecturer in the School of Health Sciences and Social Work at Griffith University, Australia. Amanda is an enthusiastic social worker with over two decades experience working in various community and government sectors including direct service delivery, counselling, therapeutic program design and facilitation, leadership and … Read more
A significant outcome from the pre-conference meetings and throughout the recent 10th International Adventure Therapy Conference is the evolution of the Adventure Therapy International Committee (ATIC) to now become the International Association for Adventure and Nature-based Therapies (IAANT). This is more inclusive and encompasses many modalities, approaches and perspectives from over 42 nations around the … Read more
Join the Outdoor Health Ethical Principles Roundtable (Online Webinar) This webinar is for OHA members, practitioners and researchers interested in contributing to the development of a set of trans-disciplinary Outdoor Health Ethical principles and Practice standards for diverse evidence informed nature-based health and wellbeing practices. OHA welcomes diverse evidence-informed practices and perspectives. OHA members who … Read more
The National Centre for Outdoor Risk & Readiness (NatCORR) is once again partnering with Dr Clare Dallat from Risk Resolve to present a series of Incident Response Workshops in August. Being responsible for the delivery of outdoor education programs to a large number of Victorian students every year, these workshops are ideally suited to you … Read more
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