Our Story
About your Guide
“When we look to the ground, we only see our differences. When we look up into the Sky, we go back to being children. Amazed. Fascinated. We feel united.”
Dr Dimitri Douchin grew up in the suburb of Paris. At age 8, he declared “I want to be an astrophysicist”. He studied Physics and Fundamental Physics in Paris. In 2011, Dimitri flew to Sydney to start his PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics which he received in 2014.
In parallel to his research, Dimitri realised his enthusiasm for sharing his passion for science and astronomy. After a first experience as a guide at University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, Dimitri became an astronomy guide at Macquarie University, then at Sydney Observatory and finally at the luxury Emirates One & Only Wolgan Valley as Astronomy & Ecology guide, totalling more than 10 years of experience as a guide.
After he graduated, Dimitri took a break from Astronomy, met Caroline and lived a nomadic van life together. After running an eco-tourism startup with his partner-in-crime for a few years, he started his coaching business for men. Caroline and Dimitri are also the owners of Blue Mountains Stargazing, award-winning stargazing tours in the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains (Tour Operator Bronze winner at NSW Tourism Awards 2022 and 2023, and Start Up Winner at Western Sydney Awards Business Excellence 2021).
Nowadays, Dimitri is reconnecting to Astronomy under the angle of Cultural Astronomy as an Adjunct Fellow at Western Sydney University. A fairly new science at the intersection of Astronomy, Archaeology and Anthropology, Cultural Astronomy is dedicated to understanding how various cultures observe, understand and use Astronomy, and how these cultures interconnect around the common Heritage to every human on Earth: the Night Sky.
When he’s not looking up at the Stars, Dimitri cultivates his passions for martial arts, personal development, permaculture, survival and simple living.
Dimitri and Caroline are currently based in Jervis Bay.
Dimitri’s first Ted Talk,
Under One Sky: our Humanity in the Stars.
About your Co-Host
Caroline Boulom, Co-Founder at JBS and Dimitri’s fiancée, is passionate about creating joyful moments for their guests. She is in charge of the Ground Operations: from PR, digital marketing to fostering exciting partnerships with local businesses, and creating bespoke collab events that sparkle stars in their guests eyes.
Our Mission
To create WOW moments in nature and inspire our guests to look inward by looking up, taking them on a journey of discovering the Australian sky through ancient and modern stories.
Our Philosophy
Share our love for Nature and for the Sky. We strive to deliver immersive and meaningful experiences so guests can come out of their tours more relaxed, connected, curious and simply happier.
We aim to offer a connection between the content of their tours and Australia’s Indigenous history as much as is culturally appropriate.
It’s incredible to be a little human on a pale blue dot flying through space.