PREMIER TRAVEL ADVENTURES TASMANIA - Key Persons
Originally from Switzerland and immigrated to Tasmania in 2016 and has more than 15 years of experience in the tourism industry. With a travel backpack of more than 50 countries, comprehensive knowledge of Tasmania, and a great passion for nature, wildlife, wilderness, and night sky photography, he is the person to talk to when it comes to exploring Australia's southernmost state.
Australian Native Orchids are my passion, when I'm not guiding tour groups, my preferred pastime is spending time out in the forest looking for and photographing Tasmania's 200 + species of native orchids. On tour, I like to share my knowledge of Tasmania's unique environment, plants and wildlife. My family started in tourism in 1926, and I am the third generation involved in the industry, so tourism is in my blood and ensuring my guests get the best experience is in my DNA.
Rob is born and bred in Tasmania and has been guiding in his beloved state for the past 15 years. After a wonderful career that based him in three of the four regions of Tasmania, he divides his time between guiding, bushwalking, photography, building, driving ambulances and volunteering in some amazing National Parks. He has a love of meeting people, sharing stories and food, exploring every corner of the state, reading Tasmanian history, and expanding his knowledge of botany and zoology.
Elise Tardieu is a highly experienced guide who combines a warm and enthusiastic personality with passion and extensive knowledge about Tasmania. She provides guests, their companions and their families with a touring experience that is insightful, memorable and highly enjoyable. She has been a guide for Premier Travel Tasmania for sixteen years.
Elise is a well-educated and discerning traveller who is a great communicator. She is originally from France. Elise studied in Britain and Canada before settling in Tasmania after being drawn to the island's unique charms. She is a bilingual speaker of English and French, and she also speaks Italian. Her earlier career was as a secondary college and university teacher.
Elise has a genuine passion for Tasmania's natural beauty, ecology, history and culture, which she loves to share. She regularly hikes through Tasmania's many wild areas in her spare time. Elise has extensive knowledge of the island's unique flora, fauna and colonial history.
Karin moved to Tasmania from South Australia in 1995 to fulfil her childhood dream of living and working in Antarctica. She voyaged to the Antarctic nine times for her doctoral research and as Voyage leader, but Tasmania also captured her heart and became her permanent home.
Karin loves being in the outdoors: bushwalking, kayaking and sharing stories about Tasmania and its connections with Antarctica from both a scientific and artistic perspective. The beauty she sees in nature also inspires the contemporary jewellery she designs and makes with the aim of promoting environmental awareness. For over eight years, Karin has guided Premier Travel taking guests all over Tasmania and sharing insights and camaraderie. With an eye for detail, a passion for natural history and indigenous culture, and a love of meeting new people, Karin says, "it is a privilege for me to be able to combine my passions and share my experiences of these special places with those who travel to my island home"
Andrea, originally from Germany, has lived in Tasmania for thirty years and is passionate about meeting new people from all different backgrounds and cultures. As a tour guide and international student adviser, she has shown countless visitors and overseas students around her beloved island state with infectious enthusiasm. She has also welcomed visitors from around the world at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, World Expo 88 in Brisbane, and numerous international trade fairs and exhibitions in Europe.
Daniel's wife immigrated to Tasmania in 2016. She has a broad knowledge of Tasmania's nature, history, and all the remote and hidden places to explore. With more than 20 years of background in the finance industry, she is also responsible for all invoicing and accounting questions within the company.