Backpacking Around Australia

Kiwi Experience has won the Golden Backpack Award for the third consecutive year. The New Zealand backpacker tours company has taken the prize after more than 40,000 travellers voted across a number of backpacker tourism categories. Auckland, New ...  

SYDNEY: An Australian man was charged on Saturday over the death of an Irish backpacker, police said, following an emotional plea by the victim's mother that he turn himself in. Gearoid Walsh, 23, die...  

I like this list of "backpackers books," compiled by Bookride. I am not sure which books backpackers carry with them these days so this list may be a little out of date. The concept of backpacker books goes back to the days of the hippy trail when travellers would carry such classics as the I Ching, the Tibetan Book of the Dead or anything by Herman Hesse. A backpacker classic should have an element of profundity, preferably mystical -if not...  

Tourism New Zealand is targeting the youth and backpacker market with a new campaign urging them to “Go All The Way” … to New Zealand. The campaign was launched today (Thursday) at New Zealand’s first-ever Backpacker Industry Conference held ...  

Darin Robertson doesn’t like to be called a hitchhiker, although he will accept a short lift here and there if asked. Backpacking across the country, Robertson wants to discover the real America, and himself, after a 22-year career in the Marines.  

The folks at Backpacker Magazine picked the eVent lined Kayland Men's Vertigo High Boot for their 2007 Editors' Choice Award thanks to its versatility. The boot's waterproof, breathable eVent lining keeps your feet dry whether clomping through wet mud and snow or exploring scree fields and bushwhacking. The Vertigo High's enhanced rocker rolls you forward naturally with each step, helping you conserve energy during long days on the trail. With...  

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THE FAMILY of a man who has been missing in Panama for eight weeks have flown out to help search for him. Alexander Giles Humphrey was on holiday alone and there have been no positive sightings of him for weeks. He had left his belongings at a hostel ...  

Stay warm and comfortable on Therm-a-Rest's Backpacker Lite mattress, an open-cell foam pad with a high-flow valve for fast inflating or deflating. You and your insulation are protected from the ground by a rugged nylon bottom while you rest comfortably on the lightweight polyester top. Features: Stay warm and protected from the cold, hard ground with 1 inch of open-cell foam Durable nylon fabric...  

We've all been there. We're out on our favorite trail, enjoying a crisp, fall morning, taking in the wonderful colors of the autumn leaves, and soaking up the solitude that we enjoy so much. It's a wonderful feeling right up until the point when the trail starts to get crowded, the silence is broken, and the that solitude we love is gone forever. Yep, our favorite trails all get discovered eventually, and the things we loved about them start...  

TWO men have been jailed in Britain for raping a woman backpacker from New Zealand in a "sustained and brutal" attack near the Queen's official residence in London.  

Backpacking is a popular way of seeing Europe with speed and ease; here's how the world's most popular form of adventure travel can become the experience of a lifetime.  

British backpacker Jamie Neale has sent the Australian State Emergency Service (SES) a fraction of the money he earned from selling his tale of survival in the NSW Blue Mountains.  

The "Go All The Way" .. to New Zealand campaign was launched on Thursday at New Zealand's first ever Backpacker Industry Conference held at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).  

Layers of insulating clothing are a hiker's key defense against the cold. Synthetic and natural fabrics such as wool and down have a place on a backpacker's gear list.