Jen Bird

Born into a family of environmental and geological scientists, Jen Bird was destined to make nature her playground. This background, combined with 10 years of experience in global tour operations has her well placed to coordinate and market Kimberley Wild’s great range of 4WD adventures in the Kimberley.
 
Jen grew up in the city and has been fortunate enough to travel extensively all over the world. Though she loved her wanderings – the places she has been and people she met along the way – Jen believes that Australia is one the most beautiful places on the planet.  Having developed a love for wide open spaces and pristine environments and a fascination for different cultures, the Kimberley is the perfect place for Jen to live out her dream of sharing Australia with travellers from all over the world.
 
When she is not out and about exploring the Kimberley or chatting with our travellers about their adventures, Jen is a freelance travel writer for a variety of international publications, a board member of the Broome Visitors Centre and mum to baby girl, Marley Rose.
 

James Weeding

For James the call of the Kimberley has always been strong. Growing up in Melbourne he was fascinated by stories and pictures of the Kimberley outback shown to him by his neighbour, Frank Hughes, the geologist credited with the discovery of the Kimberley Diamond deposits. Another neighbour 20 years later, Kevin Pearce a seaplane pilot based in Derby would spend each wet season in Melbourne with accounts of the natural beauty of the Kimberley which reinforced James’s desire to make the Kimberley his home.

James spent his teenage years in Cobram on the News South Wales/Victorian border where a lifelong appreciation for the bush was formed. While his brother David (a Sale of the Century Champion and one of the big winners on Who Wants to be a Millionaire) spent most of his time reading books James was always exploring the surrounding bushland. Tall and athletic, James spent several years playing AFL with Geelong, St Kilda and Hawthorn as well as two years spent in Adelaide with Norwood. James spent most of the 1990’s until 2003 operating a successful fashion label in Melbourne and Sydney with international celebrities and society figures among his clientele before selling up to Hong Kong interests and leaving the big city for the outback. While mainly concerned with the operational side of the business James also takes tours at every opportunity he can.