Meet Your Hosts
Lloyd and Robyn Burgess
Owner and Lead Skipper /
Office, Administration Manager
How long at Tasman Venture?
Started the business in 1990
From:
Bunaloo, New South Wales
Passions/Hobbies:
Motor bikes and cars - Robyn loves having all the different cars that seem to end up in our garage! We love to travel.
Fun fact:
Lloyd used to be a professional motocross racer!
Nick
Skipper
How long at Tasman Venture?
6 years
From:
Tasmania
Passions/Hobbies:
Scuba diving, watersports and travel.
Fun fact:
I am a jewellery designer! My wife and I run World Treasures Design together.
Vicki
Tour Guide
How long at Tasman Venture?
20 years
From:
Gold Coast
Passions/Hobbies:
Travelling, humpback whales (of course) and collecting anything with whales on them, including my newest addition being a pair of humpback gym boots!
Fun fact:
I starred in a National Geographic whale watching documentary in 2015/16 called The Whale Whisperer!
Carolena
Tour Guide / Deckhand
How long at Tasman Venture?
8 and a half years!
From:
The Netherlands.
Passions & hobbies:
Humpback whales, Fraser Island and the outdoors.
Fun fact:
I can speak a number of languages, including Dutch, French and German (and English of course!!).
Jess
Reservations/Marketing Officer
How long at Tasman Venture?
1.5 years
From:
Hervey Bay
Fun fact:
I'm second dan black belt in Cheah Taekwondo!
Ben
Tour Guide/Deckhand
How long at Tasman Venture?
1 year
From:
Hervey Bay and Fraser Island local
Passions/Hobbies:
Everything watersports - diving, kite surfing, fishing. I love motorbikes and do a lot of travelling.
Fun fact:
I travelled across 40 countries purely by hitchhiking, and have also ridden from the most eastern point to western point of Australia by motorbike.
David
Deckhand
How long at Tasman Venture?
1 year
From:
Hervey Bay
Passions/Hobbies:
Fishing, camping, Rugby League and AFL
Fun fact:
I am an upholsterer and marine trimmer by trade!
BJ
Deckhand
How long at Tasman Venture:
3 years
From:
Hervey Bay
Passions & hobbies:
Watersports, fishing, camping and anything to do with the outdoors!
Charlie
Deckhand/Tour Guide
How long at Tasman Venture?
A few weeks!
From:
Minnesota, USA
Passions/Hobbies:
My interests are in cetacean research and education, marine conservation, diving, surfing, sailing, anything ocean related!
Special Talent:
I have a Masters Degree in the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences from the University of Iceland, where I completed research on the migration of humpback whales in the North Atlantic.
We can't wait to meet you!
