The remarkable true story of Jessica Watson OAM is coming to Netflix, having been made into a feature film based on her #1 best-selling memoir, True Spirit and directed by Sarah Spillane (Around the Block, This Life) In 2010, 16-year-old Jessica Watson became the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world.
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MTA-Mobile Travel Agent, Ally Kilpin is celebrating her 20th anniversary with the company having joined as one the original ‘mobile travel agents’. MTA now boasts over 430 mobile travel agents based nationwide. Based on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Ally has worked in the travel industry for over 35 years in South Africa, the United Kingdom and
A chance meeting between MTA-Mobile Travel Agent’s Co-Founder, Karen Merricks and Sean Cummins of Cummins and Partners– Australia’s largest and leading independent advertising agency – led to an unplanned alliance between the two companies. After hearing how under pressure the entire travel industry is, Sean kindly offered to brainstorm ideas with his creative team, on
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During my 2009-2010 solo, non-stop voyage around the world, I sighted land, other boats and aircraft only a handful of times – never coming close enough to make out another person’s face for 210 consecutive days. There were a number of times when it’s quite likely that I was the most isolated person on earth,