Planning, packing and nerves: Six Aussies kick off Race Around The World

These filmmakers are packing up their lives for 100 days of travel. (ABC iview: Race Around The World) Link copiedShareShare articleIf you were dropped in an unfamiliar country and told to make a film, where would you start? The brief for ABC's Race Around The World contestants is simple (albeit daunting): create 10 films from 10 countries across 100 days. But how do you prepare for a trip when you don't know where you're being sent, and you've only got one 23-kilogram suitcase for the entire journey? That was the first challenge for six Australian filmmakers selected for the reboot of the 1990s ABC series. Spoiler: preparations involve quitting your job, pants that zip into shorts and lots of therapy. Describe yourself in three words: Artistic, poetic, magazine. My motto for Race Around The World is: Art is subjective. Not everyone is going to like your film, so as long as you make something that you're proud of, it doesn't really matter if people don't like it. One item that's making the suitcase no matter what: Wired headphones. There's too much travel to rely on a charged set of AirPods. My greatest fear while overseas is: Having luggage go overboard and get wet. With all our filming gear, water is really hard to recover from. Describe yourself in three words: Chaotic, introverted extrovert. My motto for Race Around The World is: I always liked this saying in Portuguese, "Viva como se fosse morrer amanhã", which is like, live as if you will die tomorrow. I think you just need to enjoy every day. One item that's making the suitcase no matter what: My glasses, but I'll lose them. I've lost three pairs of glasses in the last month. My greatest fear while overseas is: Something happening to people that I love while I'm away. Describe yourself in three words: Easy-going, lively, passionate. My motto for Race Around The World is: I think this one's actually plagiarised from the big man David Attenborough, but if people don't care about something, they won't protect it, and people won't care about something they can't see. One item that's making the suitcase no matter what: My long lens. It's a really long, stupidly heavy, big thing that no-one in their right mind would want to carry when you're running around to 10 different countries. My greatest fear while overseas is: Getting to day nine and a story having completely fallen through, or if I shot a full story with someone, and then I'm ready to submit it, and for whatever reason, the person in the story pulls the pin. Describe yourself in three words: Bubbly, curious, unconventional. My motto for Race Around The World is: YOLO [you only live once]. One item that's making the suitcase no matter what: A necklace that means a lot to me, that's my talisman. My greatest fear while overseas is: The logistics. I dread not getting sleep. Describe yourself in three words: Curious, Wollongong, humorist. My motto for Race Around The World is: Water off a duck's back. One item that's making the suitcase no matter what: My nan's ring, that would be my lucky charm. My greatest fear while overseas is: A misunderstanding would be really dreadful. Being Australian, I feel like we have a very good sense of humour, but it can also be a little bit different. You don't want people to think you're making fun of them, but that's sometimes how that can be interpreted. Describe yourself in three words: Content, introspective, disorganised. My motto for Race Around The World is: Have fun. One item that's making the suitcase no matter what: My Nintendo Switch. My greatest fear while overseas is: My reputation for being a machine learning engineer getting tarnished by the fact that, I don't know, maybe I say something about not wanting to do it when I really, I love my job. When it comes to loading up a suitcase for Race Around The World, the saying "look good, feel good" rings true for content creator-turned-filmmaker Lucinda Price. "What's important to me is being able to take my makeup and clothes," she says. "I'm going heavy on the accessories and some core basics in bright colours. And if I go somewhere cold, I'll get a jacket when I'm there." Pants that zip into shorts and T-shirts for travel are all part of her plan. Looking the part is particularly important to Price, who aims to be both in front of and behind the camera. "I think I'll be in a lot of the stories, but it would be more like a thought that I've had and then following it," she says. But if you are familiar with the work of Price, who goes by Froomes on social media, she says you should expect the unexpected. "I'm going totally different. I want to focus on other people. I really like how Louis Theroux does it because he's in it, but he's pushing the narrative along and giving it a steer, but letting people speak for themselves." For Jayden O'Neill, it's not about packing his personal possessions; his focus is on the technical side. "I think my non-negotiable is my long lens,"

Planning, packing and nerves: Six Aussies kick off Race Around The World

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