north east regional extra | March 6 - 12, 2024
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March 6 - 12 , 2024
Joy travels the world By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE
BRIGHT resident Graeme Joy has an impressive list of achievements under his belt, most of them accomplished outdoors and all of them focused on the strength of people working together. Mr Joy was the first Australian to ski to both the North Pole, unguided, and solo to the Magnetic North Pole. During this ‘Icewalk - The International North Pole Expedition’, he also helped develop its internationally renowned student expedition and education programs which were recognised and awarded by the United Nations Environment Program. But before that, he was the outdoor coordinator and joint deputy head at Timbertop Geelong Grammar School, and even before that he was a university student from Echuca. “I went to the local primary and high school there, it was a very free range life as a country kid in the 1960s,” he said. “After school I enrolled into Monash University to do law and then thought I’d like a year off, which was pretty unusual then. “At the end of that year I ended up going into teaching at the Riverina College of Advanced Education in Wagga Wagga and gained a Bachelor of Education in geography and economics in 1978.
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◆ JOYFUL TRAVELS: Graeme Joy has led a life of travel, expeditions and adventure. PHOTO: Brodie Everist
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