Brisbane is the third largest capital city in Australia, but it has a more country feel than its bigger cousins Melbourne and Sydney. This is slowly changing as more and more people discover this little jem and start to move here to enjoy the lifestyle and the weather.
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 Tasmania, The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and the Van Diemen’s Land Folk Museum. The Cascade Brewery, close to the city centre, offers tours of the facility. There is also many outdoor activities that can be enjoyed along the Derwent.
Kakadu National Park is the largest national park in Australia. Currently about 210,000 people visit Kakadu each year. Visitor numbers are greatest during the dry season months of June to September (approximately 33,000 people visit each July) and lowest during the wet season months (approximately 7,000 people visit each January).
The easiest way to get to Kakadu National Park is by coach tour or by hiring a car, and traveling via the Arnhem Highway from Darwin, or the Kakadu Highway from Katherine. These highways are sealed roads and are usually open throughout the year. Wet season flooding can sometimes cause temporary closures. It takes approximately 3 hours to drive from Darwin to the Bowali Visitor Centre, near Jabiru, in the Park.
Ularu formerly known as Ayers Rock is an icon of Australia. Located in the “red centre” of Australia it is a massive rock that protrudes from the flat earth like a monolith. With up to, two thirds its mass buried underground the massive rock has been shaped by wind and water of thousands of years.
There is a 1.6km return walk up to the top of the rock which many thousands of people complete each year, however the Anangu Aboriginal people ask that tourists respect their culture and law by not climbing Ularu, as the route that is taken follows ancestral paths taken by Mala men. Their are signs posted and the decision to climb ultimately rests with each visitor.
These are just some of the major events that Melbourne has to offer. If you are travelling to the city during any of these times it may we worth your while to check them out.
The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation. It is estimated that 90% of Australian have a flutter on the cup each year. Held on the first Tuesday of November, the big race kicks off at 3pm eastern daylight savings time but the party starts well before that. For travellers on the cheap this is the tip…You don’t need to be inside the track to have the Melbourne Cup experience. The carpark is generally where the action is. Park the car set up a card table and have a drink or two listing to the big race on the radio. Everyone dresses up or down as it may be and the day is as good as any. Just a s a side not the Melbourne Cup day is a public holiday so Melbourne shuts down essentially for the day. Public transport runs on a limited time table so be warned. Wednesday is a recovery day for all the punters with hangovers.
These are the latest top ten Melbourne Hostels. They have been rated by travellers who have stayed in them but like everything else with a rating system they are subject to individuals opinions and may not be the experience that you were hoping or wanted. If you are looking to stay in Melbourne and want to book some hostel accommodation check out the full comparitive listing of Melbourne Hostels and then book secuerly online.
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When you are on holidays you end up taking a heap of digital photos. The worst thing that can happen is that your camera gets stolen or you lose your card or it becomes corrupted. So we have solved this problem for you by finding a secure and trustworthy site where you can upload your photos, so you have a backup copy.
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The Itchy Feet Travel Guide website for Australia has been updated with a new look website and more information for backpackers, flashpackers and gappackers. The main site has a fresh, brand new look that is easier to navigate because we have moved to a more powerful database system that allows easier searching of the site. We have added a stack of hostels that can now be reviewed by those who have stayed in them. And boy, do we have a few honest reviews from some of the travelling public! It is a must for those who want to get the inside goss on what a hostel is really like before they stay there, so feel free to contribute your two cents. We also have added a comparison section under the link “Hostels / Hotels” where travellers can see a list of hostels for a place and compare the price and availability for their own travel dates. All the information is updated by the hostels themselves so it is going to more accurate than the old way we used to operate where it was done by us.
As a traveller a guide book is essential to finding the ins and outs of the place that you are visiting. Lonely Planet Guide books have all that information and more. They cover Hostel and Hotels reviews , things to see and do, getting in and out and more, specifically targeted to the budget conscious traveller.
Lonely Planet also have launched a new look website with heaps more destination information Guides, Maps & More. The great thing about the new site is that they not only offer more travel advice and information for free but also secure direct purchase of their books. I know that this is starting to sound like I am going to offer a free set of steak knives but I’m not. I just recon the books that these guy put out caters the best for backpackers, flashpackers and gappackers or anyone else who travel on a travel budget.
My next point is that if you don’t have the coin to splash out on the full book and lets face it who is going to visit all of the places covered in the book? But now you can just purchase the relevant sections from any book. What a great way to save on packing space? You just download the relevant sections in PDF format and there is no waiting time for stuff to be sent to you. Of course the only disadvantage is that you have to print it out, but who cares!
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