Beau Miles

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Beau Miles
Personal information
Born (1979-12-21) 21 December 1979 (age 42)[1]
NationalityAustralian
EducationMonash University
OccupationYouTuber
Spouse(s)Helen Barclay
ChildrenMay
Websitehttps://beaumiles.com/
YouTube information
Channel
LocationGippsland, Victoria, Australia
Years active2016–present
Subscribers447 thousand[2]
Total views22,127,523[2]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2020
Updated: 4 February 2022

Beau Miles is an Australian YouTuber, educator, author, outdoorsman and self-proclaimed fittest wheel-barrow pusher in Southern Victoria .

Career[]

Beau's father was a painter.[3] Beau started as a undergraduate student in 1999 at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Later, Beau started to lecture at Monash in outdoor education, and later earned his PhD in Outdoor Education at Monash. In 2016, Beau started his YouTube channel for his PhD project, "Bass by Kayak" in a 6 part video series.[4] In 2021, Beau quit his job as a professor and became a full time Dad and YouTuber.[3] In 2021, Beau released his first book, The Backyard Adventurer.[5]

Adventures[]

Miles is best known for his self-imposed adventures, which he films and posts to his YouTube channel.[5] These challenges have included walking 90 kilometers (56 mi) to Monash University from his home in Jindivick,[1] exclusively eating beans for 40 days,[6] and running a marathon at a pace of roughly one mile every hour over a 24-hour period.[7] Prior to his YouTube career, Miles attempted a 4,000 kilometers (2,500 mi) kayak trip around the southern tip of Africa and ran 650 kilometers (400 mi) across the Australian Alps.[8][3]

Awarded filmography[]

Out of multiple films Beau has produced, 5 have won awards as of January 2022. He releases them all on his YouTube channel.[9]

Film Year Released Story Awards
The Green Paddle 2005 Beau kayaked around three major island chains off Australia’s southern coast. Reel Rural Film Festival, Best film (Open), 2004
Africa by Kayak 2010 Beau sets out to kayak 4000 km from one side of Africa to the other. Outer edge/Wild, Adventure Film of the Year, Winner, 2010
A Mile an Hour 2018 Beau sets out to run a mile a hour, for 24 hours, completing a marathon in the process. In between he does various tasks to fill the time. Marple Adventure Film Festival, Best Film, 2019
Junk Paddle 2018 Beau makes a paddle out of junk wood he found on the way to work. Paddling Film Festival, Sea Kayaking, Winner, 2018. Waterwalker Film Festival, Winner, 2018.
A Mile with May 2021 Beau walks a mile with his daughter, having adventures along the way. Setting Sun Film Festival, 2020, Finalist.

Personal life[]

Beau is married to his wife Helen, and they have a daughter together, May. She was born in October of 2019.[5][10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Hinchliffe, Joe (20 August 2018). "Man walks 90 kilometres to get to work". The Age. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "About Beau Miles". YouTube.
  3. ^ a b c "Sleep Like the Dead: A Portrait of Beau Miles". The Outdoor Journal. 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  4. ^ wearemonash. "A PhD with a difference. - wearemonash, A PhD with a difference". WeAreMonash. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  5. ^ a b c "Homespun adventures: Looking for the positives in life". RNZ. 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  6. ^ Ellis, Philip (31 August 2020). "This Guy Ate Nothing But Beans for 40 Days. Here's What It Did to His Body". Men's Health. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  7. ^ Middlebrook, Hailey (3 December 2019). "Man Runs a Marathon in 24 Hours While Doing Home Repairs Along the Way". Runner's World. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. ^ Johnson, Sian (15 May 2021). "How YouTube adventurer Beau Miles' fear of death drives him to 'explore everything'". ABC News. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Films". Beau Miles. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  10. ^ Sun-Telegraph, The Sidney. "Beau Miles". The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-01-30.


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