Aussie athlete Courtney Atkinson's excellent Queensland adventure

Courtney Atkinson at Byron Bay, Australia on May 28, 2015. Photo: RedBullContentPool

Courtney Atkinson, 38, is one of Australia’s top athletes, with an impressive number of triathlon titles. The day this writer bumped into him, however, he was playing tour guide! Sounds strange? Not really, when you consider that his life has pretty much always revolved around sport and travel.

“The outdoor industry has evolved so much and, these days, content is key,” he says, when we sit to chat at the Cairns Harbour Lights Hotel in Queensland. “So when I go off doing my run adventures or my racing, being able to capture footage of that has become a big part of how I continue in the outdoor industry.