Backpacking Around Australia

A backpacking former inline skater who was chugging beer steins at Oktoberfest just a year ago is set to become Australia's latest Winter Olympian to cross over from summer sports.  

Snowy site? Here's how John Gookin, coauthor of NOLS Winter Camping, stomps out a perfect camp: 1. Flatten an area twice the size of your tent's footprint with your skis or snowshoes. 2. Lay out the tent (but don't pitch it yet), then dig trenches for deadman anchors. Make the trenches six to 12 inches deep, a foot away from each corner. Gookin's deadman of choice is a smooth...  

Berlin (ots) - Von Juli bis Oktober hat die Hauptstadtkampagne be Berlin in Kooperation mit den Berliner baxpax Hostels Hotels Berliner und Berlin-Gäste nach ihren Lieblingsorten in der Hauptstadt gefragt. Auf die Frage What's your place to be? wurden fast 40.000 ...  

[9.30pm, in the common room of a hostel in (country). One solo backpacker enters, notices another backpacker sitting by himself, flipping through a Lonely Planet.] Backpacker 1: "Hey, how's it going?" Backpacker 2: "Hi, I'm good thank you." B1: "Cool. Hey, my name's [name]." B2: "Oh, I am [name], nice to meet you."  

Queenstown continues to remain firmly on the map for the Australian backpacker and adventure traveller with several thousand seeking advice before visiting here. Destination Queenstown along with AJ Hackett Bungy and NZONE represented the resort at this year’s ...  

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.  

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...  

Hanmer Backpackers is the most centrally located backpacker hostel in Hanmer Springs. Our clean chalet-style building is warm, cosy and has that homey feeling most travellers are looking for. We are a small hostel and can only sleep 19 guests in a combination of dormitories, twin, doubles, triples and quad rooms. read more  

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 ...  

Visitors are being encouraged to "go all the way" to New Zealand through a new $2 million marketing campaign targeting the backpacker market.Tourism New Zealand yesterday launched the campaign in Auckland at the first conference...  

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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...  

YOUNG backpacker Gearoid Walsh has died after being bashed in a beach suburb, raising fears Irish tourists are being targeted when out drinking in Sydney.  

The Leonids ReturnBackpacker MagazineMeteors over Capitol Reef. The small streaks are shooting stars; the red streak is Mars. pic: Howe Start napping now, so you can stay awake on Monday night, ...