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Diamantina expeditions travel into some of the most remote and unforgiving country on the planet. In order to achieve the outcomes expected we have assembled a team of talented individuals, each highly skilled in specific disciplines to cope with any situation that may arise. They all have had years of experience in the bush, and are selected not only for their ability to work under pressure and in extreme environments, but also for their individual personalities, sensitivity and customer care. We believe we have the best possible team for the Outback!
Andrew is Managing Director of Diamantina Touring Company, and together with his wife Jane has headed up and developed the award winning operation since it was founded in 1988. Andrew had been a hotel manager, ski instructor, professional musician and audio producer before starting Diamantina. Andrew was founder and inaugural Chairman on the Victorian Tourism Operators Association and was a Commissioner of the Victorian Tourism Commission, but has now left tourism industry politics in favour of "the vision splendid!" Andrew presented cooking segments on Channel 7's "The Great Outdoors" and is a regular guest performer of Qantas Airways in Europe.

Expedition leader Steve Baird is a talented chef, poet and artist with a lifetime of experience in the bush. Steve has a great affinity with the Australian outback and loves sharing it. A builder by trade. During the summer months when he is not in the deserts, together with his wife Kath, Steve owns and operatesaward winning Bogong Horseback Adventures - Australia's leading packhorse adventure outfit, based at Towonga South in the Victorian High Country.

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Ian Bolwell is a great all rounder. Ian was a National Parks Ranger with the Victorian National Parks and wildlife service. A forest manager, Ian owns Gooleys Bridge Contracting in Jamieson. Ian is a great cook, a talented musican and a handy guy to have in the bush. Alan Conquer has been with Diamantina since 1992. An original director of Escorted Outback Tours, Conq. is a veteran of Simpson Desert Crossing and a skilled bush mechanic. Alan has twice pulled dead vehciles over the sandhills of the Simpson. Alan has crewed for two desert running challenges including Rafferty-Grant and Pat Farmer. Alan is an electrical contractor by trade and lives at Nhill in western Victoria with his wife Beryl.

John Deckert is a highly respected bushman. John is a regular contributor ot Four Wheel Drive magazines. John was founding director of Escorted Outback Tours, and is the owner of Westprint Heritage Maps, the leading producers of maps and suppliers of books on Outback Australia. John's maps are included in the South Australian National Park's Desert Parks Pass Handbook. John's knowledge of the heritage of Outback Australia is incredible. John lives in Nhill with his wife Bev.

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John Fellows is a retired member of the Victorian Police Force and actively serves with the State Emergency Service. He is a great bush mechanic and four wheel drive expert with a love for the remote country - when he isn't big game fishing on his boat off the N.S.W. coast!
Darryl has lived in the bush most of his life, and is a skilled four wheel driver and bush mechanic. Darryl is also a keen fisherman. He runs a home maintainance and contracting business in Jamieson, and is always keen to get behind the wheel of a vehicle and head Outback. Fergus McErlean is an expert scuba diver, even so he is no fish out of water in the desert, and is often seen as a rouseabout around Diamantina camps. Ferg is a cabinet-maker by trade, and part time Outback camphand/waiter.