The Awards recognise and reward excellence in the outdoor recreation community.
Date: Friday November 29, 2024
Venue: Rydges South Bank
Please note, Outdoors Queensland reserves the right to change dates without notice.
Check out the Award categories – decide who you want to nominate, think about what you will say to convince the judges your nominee is ‘the one!’, start gathering resources and then …
The Outdoors Queensland Awards recognise and reward excellence in the outdoors community. The Awards celebrate individuals, organisations, programs, events and activities that have been successful in significantly improving outcomes for participants, clients and communities.
The Outdoors Queensland Awards are for the ‘outdoors community in Queensland’ – outdoor enthusiasts, adventure tourism operators, outdoor education providers, activity clubs, land managers, retailers … and more.
The Outdoors Queensland Awards are an important means of recognising the size and diversity of the outdoors community and industry and provide an opportunity for outdoor individuals and organisations to be rewarded and recognised for their contribution. They are also a means of recognising how important the outdoors, outdoor activity and the environment are to the lifestyle of Queenslanders.
In 2024 we are proud to announce a new event sponsor, Protect Beautiful Queensland.
The synergy between our two organisations is clear when comparing our mission statements:
Protect Beautiful Queensland: We want all Queenslanders to have better access to the beautiful nature that our state has in abundance, and Outdoors Queensland: That all people have the opportunity to make connections with Queensland’s outdoors.
This award recognises and acknowledges the achievements of the consistent winners of the Outdoors Queensland Awards (and formerly the Queensland Outdoor Recreation Awards) since their inception in 2002. The benchmark is a minimum of three awards.
Previous recipients:
Sponsored by the Queensland Government
This award is for individuals who have demonstrated professionalism, high achievement in a particular field and exemplary role modelling.
They should meet all or some of the Essential Criteria, and in addition, they may have demonstrated excellence through one or more:
Suitable for an Individual
Sponsored by K2 Base Camp
This award recognises the efforts and achievements of an individual new to the outdoor sector; a student, a young person, or anyone making a change into the sector. They may be enrolled in a structured course (eg school, TAFE, university), volunteering, working as a trainee, or newly employed by an outdoor provider.
They should meet all or some of the Essential Criteria, and in addition, they may have demonstrated excellence through one or more:
Suitable for an Individual
Sponsored by the Queensland Government
This award is for an outdoor recreation peak body, club, provider, event or product that stands out from all others; has raised awareness about the benefits of outdoor recreation and being outdoors; has increased participation in outdoor recreation; and has made a significant impact on the outdoor recreation sector.
They should meet all or some of the Essential Criteria, and in addition, they may have demonstrated excellence through one or more:
Suitable for an Organisation
Sponsored by Equipped Outdoors
This award is for school, early childhood, out of school care, camp or outdoor education providers that deliver outdoor education programs in outdoor adventurous settings, and significantly influence a participant’s physical ability, mental health and ability to thrive.
They should meet all or some of the Essential Criteria, and in addition they may have demonstrated excellence through one or more:
Suitable for an Organisation
Sponsored by the Queensland Government
This award is for organisations (eg. play groups, nature play providers, community groups, councils) that have increased opportunities for Queensland children to spend time in unstructured play outdoors and in nature.
They should meet all or some of the Essential Criteria, and in addition they may have demonstrated excellence through one or more:
Suitable for an Organisation
Sponsored by Bec Fox – Unleash Your Power
The recipient of this award is an individual, organisation or program that has significantly improved the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders through the use of nature and/or adventure by delivering innovative programs, interventions, training, advocacy and/or research.
They should meet all or some of the Essential Criteria, and in addition they may have demonstrated excellence through one or more:
Suitable for an Individual or an Organisation
Sponsored by the Queensland Government
This award is for a tourism operator, event or product that delivers outdoor activity adventure products for either local or inbound participants.
They should meet all or some of the Essential Criteria, and in addition they may have demonstrated excellence through one or more:
Suitable for an Organisation
Sponsored by the Active Queenslanders Industry Alliance (AQIA)
This award is open to any organisation that supports workforce development by taking on trainee employees/volunteers, provides in-house training or supports workers to undertake external training.
They should meet all or some of the Essential Criteria, and in addition, they may have demonstrated excellence through one or more:
Suitable for an Organisation
Sponsored by Outdoors Queensland
The Government Achievement Award recognises the achievements of local or state government department, agency, person or program and/or agency that has produced positive outcomes for the outdoor sector.
The recipient of this award, selected by the Outdoors Queensland Board, should meet all or some of the Essential Criteria, and in addition may have demonstrated excellence through one or more:
Outdoors Queensland thanks and acknowledges the ongoing support of the Outdoors Queensland Awards from our sponsors: The Queensland Government, Protect Beautiful Queensland, the Active Queenslanders Industry Alliance, Bec Fox – Unleash Your Power, K2 Base Camp, and Equipped Outdoors
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