Hello friends. As we began shaping One Day Wonder 2026, we found ourselves returning to a simple question: what does it mean to walk together in challenging times? With that in mind we’re thrilled to announce we have a wonderful program to launch. 

Our venue: On Tuesday 13 October 2026, we’ll gather at Deakin University’s waterfront campus in Djilang (Geelong), on Wadawurrung Country, Geringhap Street enter near the CUBE 

Our Program: 

9am Arrival and Registration (tea, coffee and nibbles available)

9.30am Welcome to Country  

10.15am Opening and Yarning Circle led by Carol Vale from Murawin – something special, inter-cultural and community building 

11.40am Session Pitch – Lead facilitators are introduced and you choose which of the afternoon’s six experiential learning opportunities you will attend

LUNCH 12 noon until 1pm

1pm (sharp) Session 1: Choose from one of three parallel sessions exploring the skills and capacities we need to ‘walk together’

• • It’s Not Rocket Science but it is Neuroscience – Anne Van Leerdam
  • Healthy Relationships Magic – Simone Maus
  • Trust-Up!  Building trust and internal team communication – Aidy Halimanjaya and colleagues

2.15pm Transition – move to Session 2 rooms

2.30pm (sharp) Session 2: Choose one of the three second round of offers:

• • Creative Facilitation Taster – Margaret Foulkes
  • Running a Peoples Assembly – Jim Buckell and colleagues
  • Facilitating connecting through decolonising ways – Pru Gell and colleagues

3.35pm – Transition as we move to our wrap up session

4pm – Reflections, Planning for the year ahead and Close

Same One Day experiential offer – with information on tickets and prices to come. We look forward to seeing you there!