If you and your family are headed to the Sunshine Coast, you’ll be expecting plenty of fun in the sun. The Sunshine Coast is blessed with some of the best beaches and most gorgeous weather year round – an average of 300 days of sunshine means chances are you’ll be able to have a great … Continue Reading
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The World Heritage Convention was adopted by UNESCO in 1972 in order to protect areas of universal cultural and natural significance. Eleven sites in Australia are inscribed on the World Heritage List and include unusual landforms, ancient forests and areas of staggering biodiversity. Four of the locations (Kakadu National Park, Willandra Lakes, the Tasmanian wilderness … Continue Reading
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Everybody travels, and as they travel they are then called tourists. And tourists and travelers have always been a pain in the proverbial backside. They mill around the most mundane piece of architecture and take lots of photographs of it whilst smiling and squeaking with delight like demented demons on heat and caravaning tourists are … Continue Reading
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The history of Khao San Road conjures up images of the early days of independent travel through Asia: hippies wandering around in search of the mysterious, the exotic and banana pancakes. These same motivations continue to bring hoards of backpackers there. Most people still find it worth a visit, but Bangkok offers many other activities … Continue Reading
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Backpacks have been the identifying feature of backpackers but is increasingly common for backpackers to travel with suitcases or some form of baggage other than a backpack. Your Backpack should have… Front Loading Panels: Unless you will be spending most of your trip hiking or trekking front loading packs are much better, they make getting … Continue Reading
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While backpackers aren’t generally people who travel just to buy stuff there is no doubt there are plenty of opportunities to pick up bargains abroad whether it’s a cheap t-shirt or a new laptop computer. Asia is the manufacturing powerhouse of the world with its low costs and whith a generally lower cost of living … Continue Reading
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