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My Australian Home This weeks Photo of The Week is my Aussie campervan – my personal house on wheels that I aquired in Sydney and explored the East Coast with. It took me down to Melbourne, the great ocean road, and all the way back up through Byron Bay to Noosa before settling back in [...]

If you’re looking for a hostel that’s cheap, centrally located and basic then Flinders Station Backpackers is for you. We’ve found that travelling as a couple can get expensive when you want to rent a double room instead of staying in a dorm but the rates at Flinders were better than we’ve seen at other [...]

Australian War Museum, Canberra Many backpackers tend to neglect or overlook Australias capital, Canberra, on their travels around Oz – yet it is the epi centre of the country. For me the Australian War museum alone is a great reason to visit, it’s a solid day out and a great history and culture fix. And [...]

Roadtrip, East Coast Oz This long exposure shot was taken in my last month in Australia where a group of my Byron buddies and me headed up the coast to Cairns in Damos campervan. We didn’t pay for camping the entire roadtrip which meant alot of covert camping! It was an epic journey which took [...]

Campfires, Hawks Nest Everyone loves a good campfire – even more so when it’s on a beach in the heat of an Aussie evening! This shot was taken at the start of my East Coast roadtrip on a secluded beach near Hawks Nest – we literally just parked up and camped on the dunes, eating [...]

Situated next to the infamous Art Factory Backpackers, a slight walk from the main town centre, the Buddah bar is a great place to spend an evening. Tweet

We’ve just started putting together our Festival Feature Guide, so I thought I’d start it off with something very topical at the moment; It’s that time of the year again, where surfers all over the globe are glued to their computer screens, or for those in Australia they head to Snapper Rocks – that’s right, [...]

My good friend Jimmy sent me a link from my beloved Byron Bay today – it contained news that made me slightly sad. Byrons top surf school – Kool Katz – is under immediate threat of closure. Tweet

Lake McKenzie, QLD This is the beautiful Lake McKenzie – possibly one of the most gorgeous places I’ve ever laid my eyes on. The crystal blue waters are warm and clean and the rainforest 4×4 drive to get there is epically fun :) In  fact Fraser Island was one of my funnest adventures on the [...]

If your over from England you’ll have noticed the distinct lack of homely, banter filled English style pubs here in Oz. But have no fear – Byron houses a nic nak filled watering whole, The Rails. Tweet

You may have noticed over the last few months I’ve been reviewing alot of Byron related things – well that’s because I wanted to put together a nice little handy feature on the backpacker haven that I have been calling ‘home’ for the last 6months. So below I’ve got a list of links that will [...]