Born in the UK and raised in Sydney, Australia, Max Breckenridge discovered his passion for birds at age 12 during a 10-week family journey across Australia. That formative trip sparked a lifelong fascination with wildlife and wild places. After finishing school, he drove solo from Darwin to Broome, birding along the way, and spent a month volunteering at the renowned Broome Bird Observatory.

Max earned a Bachelor of Biodiversity & Conservation from Macquarie University in 2018 and has since explored nearly every corner of Australia, developing an exceptional eye—and ear—for its avian life. His adventurous spirit has taken him deep into remote regions such as Iron Range National Park on Cape York, where he camped under a tarp for two weeks in the wet season to study rare migrants from Papua New Guinea.

Passionate about conservation, Max has worked extensively with BirdLife Australia, contributing to the recovery of the critically endangered Regent Honeyeater through monitoring and captive-release programs. When not guiding, he continues to travel widely throughout the Old World in pursuit of birds and new experiences. Max now lives on Lake Macquarie, north of Sydney, with his partner, Fernanda.