ES GLOBAL would like to acknowledge the talented Australian and Japanese contributors who successfully delivered the highly popular exhibition within the Australia Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka.

ES GLOBAL brought together a highly experienced team of local and international industry professionals to design, construct, transport and install the exhibition concept, developed by lead design consultants The Buchan Group.

Inspired by the Australia’s theme, Chasing the Sun, the exhibition takes visitors on an immersive journey beginning with a boardwalk through a eucalyptus forest and waterfall, representing Land Country. Along the path, digitally animated Australian fauna is hidden within the tree trunks and cleverly reflected on a mirrored wall. The result is not only a visual masterpiece but a sensory experience enriched by uniquely Australian sounds, scents and lighting.
From there, visitors transition into Sky Country, moving into the evening beneath a southern night sky. Here, a visual interpretation of the Milky Way, or Dark Emu, is revealed through the perspective of Australia’s First Nations Peoples. Finally, the journey concludes in Sea Country, an immersive, digitally animated environment showcasing the beauty and diversity of Australia’s oceans and waterways.
The exhibition has attracted widespread attention in the Japanese media and is now firmly established as a must-see destination at the Expo. With approximately 14,000 people experiencing it each day, it is an outstanding result and a true credit to everyone involved.
Thank you to the ES GLOBAL team for your hard work and a congratulations on the success of the exhibition.
Below is a list of the contributors directly engaged by ES GLOBAL to deliver the exhibition.

Images: Hufton+Crow, Stage Kings

With thanks to

Mik Auckland: Executive Producer
Eamon D’Arcy: Creative Lead – Delivery
Paul van der Ent: Technical Director
Tony Papp: Production Manager
Tracey Taylor: Content Producer
Ziggy Ziegler: Lighting Designer
Toby Sewell: Associate Lighting Designer
Alex Holver: ICT Container Manager / Senior AV Engineer
Peter Tattersall: Warehouse Manager / AV Engineer & Technician
Scott Waller: Control System and Network Engineer
Chris Azzopardi: Technical Crew
Daryl Perkins: Technical Crew
Adam Jenkinson: Technical Production Manager
Amber Stapff: Graphics Designer
Paul Mulcahy: Lighting Supervisor – Via Simple Motion
Will Hunter: Lighting Supervisor – ES Global
Rob Baker: Rigging Supervisor – Via Simple Motion
Paul Phelan: Rigging Supervisor – Via Simple Motion
Greg Gowens: Engineering Advisor – Via Simple Motion

Exhibition Subcontractors & Suppliers

iOmniscient: People movement, queuing and safety
Simple Motion: Project engineering
Fuji Art: Japanese certification liaison and facilitation
Frantz Kantor: Sculpture visualisation and concept sketches
Alien Proof: Scenic Samples and container fit out

ABSEN: Chinese LED supplier
Quantum Sphere: Australian dealer for ABSEN
Stage Kings: Scenery supplier and installer
ShowTex: Scenery and soft goods supplier & installer
Super K Group: Technology / security supplier
Synnex: Networking equipment supplier
Spinifex: Digital content creation
The Audio Group (TAG): Audio and control
Show Technology Australia: Lighting equipment
Eventec Australia: Lighting equipment
Superlight: Lighting equipment
Hibino Japan: Audio RF equipment, mics etc.
BSL Australia: Rigging equipment
The Rigging Shop: Rigging equipment
Madison AV: Cables and connectors
Show Tools: Lighting control consoles
Rexel: Cables and connectors
ENTTEC: DMX playback units for show playback
LSC: Power distribution racks
All Lifting: Rigging equipment
Kyoeisha: Rigging motors, riggers and AV technicians (Japanese)
Tortuga Studios (Jocelyn Fullerton): Scent development for the Land Country