The World Traveller Winter 2017 | Page 27

Events TEAM BUILDING EXPERIENCES A team that works well together is more effective, more productive, and more successful. Not to mention happier and more fun to work with. To bring your team together, corporate team building experiences are the way to go. There are many creative and innovative team building experiences that you and your team are bound to enjoy. Spicers Hidden Vale, Queensland, Australia Spicers Hidden Vale is an historic homestead featuring colonial-style cottages. Perfect for small to medium sized events, the retreat offers a host of onsite meeting rooms. The Boardroom is situated in the Main Homestead with access to the guest lounge and homestead verandas. While the Laidley Room is situated at the top of the property and offers a deck area. The Grandchester Room is situated adjacent to the Main Homestead and is the largest space to meet. When the formalities are done, group activities await your team, including an Aircraft Adventure Challenge, a GPS Challenge, or Giant Foosball. Spicers Hidden Vale is set on 12,000 acres of Australian Bush, and also offers many nature-based activities. Dinamics Amazing Race, Queenstown, NZ Iconic Queenstown activities are imaginatively combined to create an action-packed, fast-paced, team building challenge. Dinamics Amazing Race is a unique mix of team games, puzzles, mental challenges, and low impact physical challenges. Teams work together to solve cryptic clues and follow route markers to the finish line. All challenges are designed to show the teams some of the best sights, scenery, and activities Queenstown has to offer. Dinamics will also design and customise the race based around your goals, budget, and available time frame. Choose from just a couple of hours to a full day exploring Queenstown and taking in as many action-packed activities as possible. A fun and exciting team experiment that tests players both physically and mentally. Kippure Estate, Ireland Easily accessible, Kippure Estate is the perfect venue for team building conferences. There are four spacious meeting and workshop rooms available for your customised team building event. Additionally, there are also outdoor team building activities that can be easily moved under cover in case of bad weather. Team building activities are fun and memorable, but they are also combined with effective debriefs. These debriefs ensure participants recognise and understand the patterns of team dynamics and processes that affect their teamwork. Kippure Estate borders on Wicklow Mountains National Park, with the River Liffey flowing past. Once team building formalities are over, there’s 240 acres of mature woodland and idyllic farm pastures waiting to be explored. Winter Edition 27