About the studio

A small Brisbane team obsessed with thoughtful, low-key outdoor days.

Vibrantforcedyn grew from a notebook full of weekend route ideas into a working studio of guides, planners and a logistics coordinator. We build programs that fit real lives — the school-run kind, the shift-work kind, the new-to-Brisbane kind.

Our base sits a five-minute walk from the river on Stanley Street East. That is where we map every route, pack every gear bag and answer every email.

Visit the studio
Hikers descending a sunlit grassland track in the Australian backcountry
What guides us

Four ideas we keep close to the chest.

Hospitality first

Every booking is met by a person, not an autoresponder, within one business day.

Local knowledge

We only lead routes our guides have personally walked, paddled or pedalled within the last season.

Light footprint

We follow leave-no-trace practice and share a small portion of every booking with local trail-care groups.

Honest promises

If a session is not the right fit for you, we will say so and recommend a better option, even outside our calendar.

The people on the trail

A few of the faces you might meet on your first day out.

Tully O'Halloran

Lead Guide

Twelve seasons in South East Queensland and a soft spot for the Lamington plateau in early autumn.

Niamh Ashcombe

Paddling Coordinator

Holds an Australian Canoeing instructor ticket. Runs our sunrise river program and the Stradbroke crossings.

Declan Whitcombe

Skills & Safety

Wilderness first response trainer. Plans our weekend skills clinics and keeps the gear room in order.

Curious whether we are a good fit?

Drop the team a line. We are happy to talk through what a first day with us would look like, with zero pressure.