This week on the Greatvine we chat with Professor Corneel Vandelanotte.
Corneel shares about his childhood growing up in in a small village within Flanders, the northern portion of Belgium, surrounded by farms lands, animals and lots of places to get dirty. We learn that his mother encouraged him to start Judo, which formed part of the reason why he studied physical education at Ghent University. And while his research realises new ways in which others can become more physically active, Corneel explains that he, too, lives a very healthy and active lifestyle. In fact, he recently completed the Larapinta Trail in the Northern Territory, walking 223 kilometres from east to west in just 17 days. He also shares that he’s tackled the South Coast and Overland tracks in Tasmania, and is planning to ride 1000kms, from Mundaring to Albany in Western Australia, as part of the Munda Biddi Mountain Bike Trail. If that wasn’t enough, he and his partner sailed 1600kms of open water from the New South Wales coast to New Caledonia and then back via Gladstone, and have a long-term dream of circumnavigating the globe – a three to four year adventure.
