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Black Diamond honours Resourcefulness and Adventure Leadership.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>
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Black Diamond Adventures is based in Bulli, part of the Illawarra region, once home to one of Australia\u2019s \u2013 and the world\u2019s \u2013 largest coal mines. Adventure Leadership is in its heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For decades, coal, one of Australia\u2019s most prominent national resources, was called Black Diamond, for although it was not a beautiful piece of carbon, it still was valuable. Bulli<\/a> is still known by it’s nickname as the ‘Black Diamond District’ and has been strongly influenced by it’s history of Adventure Leadership<\/p>\n

Due to our mineral exploration and exports, Australia was known as a quite a wealthy nation full of natural resources.<\/p>\n

Now, with the move away from coal as an energy source, that emphasis has shifted to Australia being known as a resourceful nation.<\/p>\n

And, indeed, we are. Our country would not be a first world country without the ingenuity, hard work and resourcefulness and pioneering spirit of our people. They epitomised adventure leadership. They were adventurers at heart. They took the chance. They dared. They managed the risks.<\/p>\n

At Black Diamond Adventures this type of leadership and resourcefulness are two of our core values<\/a>. They are also two character traits that we look to develop in participants on our programs as part of our education philosophy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Very late in the piece we discovered that, in Italian culture ,black diamonds are seen as a sign of reconciliation and good fortune. We think this is fitting for Australia and our shared goal for greater reconciliation between our Indigenous community and \u201cwhite\u201d Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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