AG Society welcome!
AG Society
By: Kylie Piper, AG Administrator
| June-16-2009
After 9 months as Society Administrator for Australian Geographic, I have come to realise that the AG Society is all about adventure. And I’m not just talking about climbing Everest, jumping from 35000 feet in a kitesuit or the kayaking-across-an-ocean kind of adventure…
From the early beginnings of the AG Society there has always been encouragement of what we call “the spirit of adventure” and after thinking about this I started to notice that people find adventure in all sorts of ways. Be it the archaeologist heading bush to understand an ancient culture, the ecologist studying a cryptic Aussie creature or the intrepid traveller heading off somewhere they’ve always wanted to go.
The rewarding part of my job is listening to someone’s idea of adventure and helping to get them there. The most inspiring part of the job is hearing their stories when they return.
As we develop the new website, I’ll let you in on some of the great stories I hear, and the fascinating people I get to meet.
Later this year I will be heading off on my first AG Society Expedition and I’ll bring you updates all along the way.
Our annual AG Awards will be held in October. We’ll give you some sneak previews before the big night, and then take you behind the scenes to meet the winners.
I hope you join me on my adventures at AG, and tell me about some of your own adventures as well!
Kylie Piper
Society Administrator
Australian Geographic
Because life is an adventure