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I’m an absolute sucker for a couple of things when I’m on the road, the first is waterfalls and the second is sunsets.  Waterfalls are pretty to look at and calming, much like sunsets actually, and they’re both fairly easy to photograph even for an amateur like me.  When I mention sunsets however people always [...]

Antarctica, the last great wilderness, has been the source of fascination for mariners, explorers, scientists and naturalists since it was first discovered. Ross, Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen are just a few of those who dedicated their lives to exploring the continent, and when I got the chance to follow in their footsteps I jumped at [...]

The Drift, perfectly located right in the centre of Hanoi, Vietnam, is one of the most fun, sociable and cleanest hostels we went to in South East Asia (and believe me they are sometimes hard to find!) Tweet

As part of Backpacker Banters new look we’ve roped in our travel buddies to add new content to the site – so let me introduce the newest member of our blog, Emma Winterschladen, who I met while living in the Byron Bubble… Tweet

As part of our new site we’re going to be featuring a whole heap of new guest bloggers. First in the mix is Kez – the Scottish lass who’s just returned from a year down under – and she’s bringing us a weekly feature – “Oz Wednesday”. Tweet

So you’ve finally decided where you want to head, and you no have a millions and one things to sort (don’t worry I’ll be guiding you through them over the next few weeks) but like many people you’re drawn to cementing your decision to travel, wanting to make your first impression on fellow travellers and [...]

Looks like Dave has joined the team for a while and will be contributing quite a bit – so I decided he should have a running feature, so welcome to the “Dave Diaries”, ramblings from the Packman himself! This weeks focus is the gem of the west coast – Margaret River. Tweet

Seeing as I’m unfortunately now based in the UK for an extended period of time I decided that I needed something to pad out my work related ramblings. So over the coming couple of weeks I shall be be introducing some guest bloggers – mainly friends of mine from Oz – who are still on [...]

Once again Top Ten Tuesday has been delayed. My bad. But for once this was a planned delay! This morning I interviewed Matt – the lead singer of The Beautiful Girls – and as part of the interview I asked him to do a guest post top 10. So this week is Top Ten Australian [...]

Ok so last week my Top Ten Tuesday was skipped over due to epic surf here in Byron. So I thought it was only fitting that this week be a surf related Top 10. And then I thought I’d make up for last week by bringing you an extra special post. So who could possibly [...]

Guest blogger Nick Griffiths came up to Byron from Sydney with the Mojo Surf Camp. So if your looking at surfing down under, or simply a more fun way to get up the coast from the big smoke check out this review… Tweet