AUSTRALIA’S MOST ADVENTUROUS SENIOR ANNOUNCED IN NATIONAL AWARDS

Barbara Harrison, at 74 years of age, is Australia’s most adventurous senior after winning the prestigious annual Get Up & Go Magazine Award for 2007.  

After a nationwide search for the most adventurous Australian senior, Barbara from Templestowe, Victoria is the recipient of this award run by Get Up & Go magazine, the official Seniors Card travel and lifestyle magazine. 

Barbara was chosen from hundreds of entrants for her many adventures including volunteering for Earthwatch, a not-for-profit environmental organisation where she works as a field assistant helping scientists conduct research and contribute to conservation. Her last expedition was to Africa, where she helped to save cheetahs from extinction. 

Over the past 13 years Barbara has joined 14 research teams in 12 countries including Alaska, Easter Island, Russia, Hungary, Mexico and Mongolia. And she shows no sign of slowing down any time soon – having just returned from Sweden, she is already planning trips to the Pacific and around Australia with a friend next year. 

Barbara wins a $3035 trip for two to Wellington, New Zealand.  

Award runners-up include: a 60-year-old who, despite having both hips replaced recently, is a keen long distance and high altitude trekker and has climbed mountains in Nepal, and a 66-year-old who spends his time skiing the mountains of the world including the French Alps and Switzerland and competing in orienteering and regaining competitions. 

“The Get Up & Go Magazine Award celebrates inspiring individuals who refuse to let age be a barrier,” Get Up & Go Editor-In-Chief, Bobbi Mahlab says.

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Get Up & Go is the official Seniors Card magazine. Published quarterly, the magazine is full of destination features and practical information for travellers. It is available by subscription and on sale at leading newsagents nationwide for $5.95. www.getupandgo.com.au