Sunset over the Whitsundays in Queensland
A 23-year-old Irish traveller has drowned during an introductory scuba diving trip off Langford Island, in the Whitsundays.
National University of Ireland graduate Elaine Morrow, who was three months into her Australian travels, did not surface from the dive on Monday, which was two days into a three-day trip aboard the boat Summertime, operated by Whitsundays Sailing Adventures. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Backpacker, charter, diving, Elaine Morrow, Irish, Langford Island, Queensland, sailing, traveller, Whitsundays, Working Holiday visa
The HMAS Adelaide, just before it was scuttled
About 10,000 people flocked to Avoca Beach, on the New South Wales Central Coast, on Wednesday lunchtime, to witness the scuttling of the HMAS Adelaide. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Australia, Avoca, Central Coast, dive site, HMAS Adelaide, New South Wales, scuba diving
John Jarrett as Mick Taylor in Wolf Creek
Where is the real Wolf Creek and how true to life is the film? Danny Gray, via email.
Wolfe Creek, as it is correctly spelt, is a meteorite crater in northern Western Australia and is the second largest of its kind in the world. Believed to be over 300,000 years old, you can find it 16km by 4WD from Halls Creek. Read More…
Queenstown's Nevis bungy has been voted New Zealand's best
If you’re planning a trip to New Zealand but aren’t too sure on some of the essentials, you know, like where’s the best place to have a beer, eat a pie, even where to go skinny dipping, then look no further.
Tour company Kiwi Experience has just completed an online poll of their customers as part of their 21st birthday celebrations. However, in true backpacker style, some of the questions weren’t exactly the usual questionnaire fodder. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Abel Tasman, Backpacker, Bay of Islands, Coromandel, Kaikoura, Kiwi Experience, Lake Taupo, Maori, Nevis bungy, New Zealand, Queenstown, Rotorua, Skinny dipping, Tongariro, Waitomo
Hit the road again, Jack
Roads connecting Sydney and Cairns have re-opened following flood devastation throughout south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales.
The Bruce Highway is open for tourist traffic everywhere except from Gladstone to Rockhampton, where authorities were expecting to open the road with restrictions this afternoon. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Cairns, floods, Greyhound, New South Wales, Oz Experience, Premier Motor Service, Queensland, Rockhampton, Sydney
Catching some zzz's in a campervan
Randwick City Council in Sydney has vowed to crack down on backpackers camping illegally in its beachside carparks.
New South Wales Police and council rangers swooped on the area between Clovelly and Malabar at 6.30am earlier this month, ordering the occupants of 45 vans – about 100 backpackers in total – to move on. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Backpacker, Clovelly, free camping, New South Wales, Sydney
Would you dare stay overnight?
Backpackers may soon have the opportunity to get a taste of spending the night behind bars as talks get underway to convert Fremantle Prison into a hostel.
Youth Hostels Australia (YHA) has plans to develop the former women’s section of the Western Australian penitentiary, which could house about 200 beds. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: backpackers, Fremantle Prison, hostel, Perth, Western Australia, YHA
Ben Southall aims to travel 1,600km
Winner of the Best Job In The World Ben Southall will embark on The Best Expedition in the World next year, exploring the Great Barrier Reef.
Following his job as ‘Island Caretaker’ on Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays, Southall will kayak and sail 1,600km from the Town of 1770 on the central Queensland coast north to Cooktown. Read More…
Sydney's Hyde Park
A female tourist was indecently assaulted in Sydney’s Hyde Park last month by a man posing as an immigration officer.
The Ecuadorian woman, 26, was approached on Liverpool St, at about 8pm on October 16, by a man who showed her ID and claimed he was from immigration. He then took her to the park, handcuffed her and made her perform sexual favours for an hour.
Police are looking for a man described as being of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern appearance, about 180cm tall, with a slim to medium build, olive complexion and short black hair. He was wearing black shoes and had a black backpack. Call 1800 333 000 if you have any information.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Hyde Park, immigration, Sydney
Say hello to your new neighbour
An outback town is offering homes to rent for just $1 a week, in a bid to encourage more young people and families to move to the area.
Trundle, a New South Wales town about 350km north-west of Sydney, is currently home to just 380 people, but has launched the desperate campaign in a bid to “keep the town alive”.
“Trundle is not dying, but we just wanted to avoid that slippery slope where you lose vital services and the town sort of goes into a quick spiral down hill,” said Trundle Tree Change campaign spokeswoman Cherie Quade.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: New South Wales, Outback, Sydney, Trundle
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