Gina Chick offers insightful perspectives on travel, asserting that unexpected challenges during holidays often create the most memorable adventures. Having gained fame as the winner of the first season of Alone Australia, where she spent 67 days alone in the Tasmanian wilderness, Chick embodies the spirit of exploration. Before her reality TV success, she dedicated a significant portion of her time teaching dance meditation retreats abroad and living a nomadic lifestyle in her seven-metre Toyota bus.
Currently back in Tasmania, she’s working on her next book after publishing her memoir, We Are the Stars. Chick enhances her travels with unconventional companions, preferring a parrot for local trips and a guitar when abroad. Her childhood camping experiences fuel her love for adventure, and she shares amusing tales, like cooking a roadkill squirrel while in France, which tasted surprisingly like rabbit.
Chick emphasises the importance of immersing oneself in local cultures and environments; her travel rituals include swimming in local waters to combat jet lag and seeking out scenic horizons. She carries a multi-tool for carving wooden spoons as keepsakes from her travels, highlighting her creative spirit and desire to connect with the places she visits. Despite her adventurous nature, she reflects on the limitations faced by solo female travellers today, lamenting the lost opportunities her aunt once enjoyed decades ago.