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Travel Directory

This page lists a number of external sites that may be able to help you make your travel plans.

Adelaide Travel Guide

The majority of South Australia’s population live in Adelaide, it’s capital. Adelaide, is located on the River Torrens and is a picturesque city that is surrounded by parklands. It has an abundance of cafes, restaurants and a thriving night club scene. There are a variety of activities and things to see within close proximity to [...]

Airlie Beach

Airlie Beach (or “Airlie) is located about 1.5 hours north of Mackay. It is the step off point to the Whitsundays a group of tropical islands and the Great Barrier Reef. With around 25,000 residents it is developed to cater for almost every kind of tourist and backpacker. Abel point marina is where charter boats [...]

Cairns hostel and travel guide

Palm Beach

Cairns is located in tropical North Queensland and is a major tourist destinatio0n. This town is set up to cater to all travellers no matter what the budget.  It is supremely popular with divers who use Cairns as a base for diving the Great Barrier Reef. There are heaps of diving shops catering to [...]

Hobart Hostels

Hobart is located in the south-east corner of Tasmania and nestled alongside the Derwent River. It is the second oldest city in Australia and has a pretty mixing of colonial architecture with the modern. It is relaxed and has a variety of shopping and eating places. Hobart offers several museums including the Maritime Museum of [...]

Launceston

Launceston is located on the Tamar river. It has all that is expected from a city of its size of about 68,000 people including museum, restaurants, cafes, parks and gardens. About 10 minutes walk from the city center is the Cataract Gorge with steep cliffs etched by the flow of the river. It is a [...]

Port Arthur Travel Guide

Port Arthur is a small town and former penal settlement on the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, the island state of Australia. The town is about one and a half hours drive from the state capital Hobart. The major attraction of Port Arthur is the Port Arthur Historic Site, the 40 hectare (100 acre) site of [...]

Phillip Island

Phillip Island is small island in Western Port Bay not to far a drive from Melbourne. There are two major attraction for this little island. For the nature lover it is the fairy penguins that amble onto the beach at sunset. These little penguins go out to feed all day then come back to shore to [...]

Fremantle Travel Guide

Fremantle is a port city in Western Australia, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Perth, the state capital, at the mouth of the Swan River on Australia’s western coast. Locally known as Freo, the town has a historic feel, with the Old Fremantle prison and numerous old buildings. It was the home of the America’s Cup [...]

Albany Travel & Hostels Guide

Albany is a port city on south coast of Western Australia, 400 km south of Perth, the state capital. It is situated on Princess Royal Harbour, a natural
inlet of the Southern Ocean. Unlike nearly all of Western Australia, Albany is cool and wet, with a Mediterranean climate with an average summer temperature of only 22.4°C.
Get [...]

Broome Travel & Hostels Guide

Broome is a historical pearling town situated in the Kimberley region in Western Australia. It is a well developed tourist destination, popular with Australians, in the dry season (from May to September).
In the dry months the weather is ideal. It has sunny days with temperatures around 30C and balmy evenings and nights when the temperature [...]

Top 40 things to do and see in Melbourne

Melbourne is generally regarded as Australia’s cultural capital. The city’s features include Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, many cultural institutions such as museums, galleries and theatres, and large parks and gardens. Reasons for tourists to visit Melbourne are to attend major sporting events, to use it as a base for exploring surrounding regions such as Grampians [...]

Melbourne airports travellers guide

Melbourne Airport, located 22 km north-west of the city centre at Tullamarine, provides regular access from all major Australian cities, as well as many international destinations across Europe, America, Asia and the South Pacific region. Note that due to Australia’s distance from most parts of the world, many international flights may go via an Asian hub (for example Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or Hong Kong) or a Pacific Hub like Auckland, and/or transfer in Sydney.

Kalgoorlie in a nut shell

Kalgoorlie is a gold mining town, which appears to be located in middle of nowhere. It has wide open desolate vistas that are transformed into an amazing carpet of wild flowers from August to September. It is truly an outback town that needs to be visited, to be appreciated. 
Pubs are spread throughout the city with [...]