G’day mate! Are you backpacking Australia sometime soon? Fantastic life choice- the land down under is a wonderful place to visit. I spent a year and a half there, driving around near enough the whole country, and I’d return in a heartbeat if I could. Australia is a great country for first time backpackers to […]
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Australian Survival Kit: Gifts for Someone Travelling to Australia
01
Feb
Feb
Do you know someone who’s soon to head to the great land down under? If you want to get them a gift before they go, an Australian survival kit is a fantastic idea. This list of gifts for someone travelling to Australia has some great ideas for both serious and novelty presents; just pick and […]
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East Coast Australia Road Trip Itinerary and Ultimate Guide
26
Jan
Jan
Show-stopping beaches, charismatic little towns, eden-like national parks and unforgettable adrenalin filled activities mean it’s no wonder why the east coast of Australia is one of the world’s most popular travel destinations. And it’s all relatively easy to explore; you just need a vehicle or a coach pass, a chunk of time (I’d recommend 6-8 […]
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What to Pack for China: Essential Items to Put in Your Backpack
09
Jan
Jan
Planning a trip to China? There will no doubt be a lot of questions on your mind. How will I navigate the country with no Mandarin (if you can’t speak it)? How will I take the trains alone? How will I handle the food? These questions, and many, many more, were at the top of […]
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Adelaide to Cairns Drive Itinerary – via the Great Inland Way
05
Jan
Jan
The Adelaide to Cairns drive is not your obvious Australian road trip. When I told people that I’d decided to drive 3,000 kilometres through the Australian outback on my own, 98% of them thought, to put it politely, that I’d lost the plot. I thought I’d lost it a long time ago, but admittedly driving […]
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Amazing Australian Outback Towns to Visit on an Aussie Road Trip
28
Dec
Dec
The Australian outback is one of the world’s last true wildernesses. It is a huge, desert terrain that stretches out over most of the country. It’s one of the globe’s most extreme climates, with temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius, little rainfall, barren landscapes and plenty of red dirt. I find there to be something unexplainably […]
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Melbourne on a Budget: How to visit the city with no money
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Dec
Dec
Australia is expensive, that’s a fact. Melbourne is one of the most expensive places on this huge island, and also one of the places where you can’t get away with a lot of money saving techniques that help out when road tripping or staying in other parts of Australia (like using WikiCamps to find free […]
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Darwin to Adelaide Drive Itinerary
15
Dec
Dec
Planning a trip through the Red Centre? Featuring the tropical city of Darwin and the top end’s many national parks, Uluru which is the world’s largest rock and the otherworldly terrain of South Australia’s desert, the Darwin to Adelaide road trip is one of Australia’s most loved road odysseys. There’s several detours to reach different […]
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Oct
Oct
Located at the crossroads between the far east and south Asia, and situated conveniently between the South East Asian hotspots of Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam and Oceania, Kuala Lumpur is on the route of many inter-continental journeys. And while I obviously love overlanding, sometimes money or time constraints have this pesky habit of getting in […]
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The Gibb River Road: Driving Tips, What to Take and Where to Camp
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Sep
Sep
The Gibb River Road is one of a kind. Its 660 kilometre track traverses the wild Kimberley region of Western Australia, which is known as ‘Australia’s last frontier’, passing by some of Australia’s (and maybe the worlds’!) most spectacular waterfalls, gorges and swimming holes. The Gibb River Road feels a little like a fairytale; where else […]