About Us

The Hobbyathon was dreamed up by two friends who wanted to get out, get fit, get better, get inspired or get over it! Experiencing new things, challenging ourselves, facing our fears and doing things just for the plain ridiculous fun of it, is the essence of the Hobbyathon.

A bit of time, and some extremely funny google research, has gone into pondering over what hobbies will make our list. Variety is the spice of life, and in the spirit of this we are endeavoring to try things across a whole host of different categories.

There will be physical or fitness related hobbies like salsa dancing, archery, paddle boarding and zumba. Practical activities like self-defense and basic car mechanics. Hobbies with an artistic flare like pottery, photography and model building. We will also include food and beverage related hobbies like cooking classes and beer school, yes beer school. Not enough can be said for the warm and fuzzy feelings that accompany doing good deeds. So of course we are adding some volunteering and community work to our list. Yarn bombing and toy voyaging are among our strange and unusual hobbies. And of course we will have some adrenaline pumping, sweat inducing, “oh my god are we really doing this” activities, but we are keeping those under wraps for now.

Each week, or so, we will be choosing, trying out and blogging about our adventures. If you have any suggestions, hobby challenges or would like to share your favourite hobbies please shoot us an email.

There is much inspiration, joy and connectedness to be found in getting out and unleashing your creative side, having a bit of family fun, laughing about with friends and just getting involved with life. You never know what you might learn and you never know what you might find.

You're off to great places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting.

So...get on your way! - Dr Suess