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New website promises Epic Thrills for adventure travelers

Posted on July 21, 2011 by noel in Travel Tips

Posted by Kraig Becker on Jul 20th 2011 at 8:00AM Travelers looking for great deals on their next journey have a new tool at their disposal today, as a website has just launched that promises to be the Jetsetter of adventure travel. The new site, fittingly called Epic Thrills, will offer members substantial discounts on adventure travel opportunities from some of the top companies in the world. Read the full article on...Read More

29 Lessons From Travelling the World: By Benny Lewis

Posted on July 18, 2011 by noel in Travel Tips

Fantastic blog by Benny Lewis , Original Story Eight years. That’s 416 weeks, or almost 3,000 days. This is the amount of time that I have not had a fixed home; moving to a new country, culture and language every few months and taking absolutely everything I own with me. It has been a significant percentage of my life, and it’s still long from over. I had actually done some travelling before – a couple of summers in the states, and an entire month already in Spain. But about this time back in...Read More

Quality Budget Eats, Sleeps & Drinks in Sydney

Posted on July 12, 2011 by noel in Accommodation, Backpacking & Accommodation

Article written by Brooke and the team at WhyGoAustralia. When I talk about “quality budget” eats, sleeps and drinks in Sydney, I’m referring to places that offer you the most bang for your buck, whether that be through offering a spectacular city view or loads of food for the price. Sydney is not really a budget backpacker’s dream, but with this list, at least you can get the most for the money that you do spend while in this multicultural city. Quality Budget Eats in Sydney If you enjoy...Read More

Virgin, Air NZ partnership lifts off

Posted on July 11, 2011 by noel in Transport, Travel Tips

Monday, 11 July 2011 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia have officially launched their new trans-Tasman partnership, aligning fare structures, products and services. For flights commencing 26 July, travellers can book tickets on either carrier with full code-sharing of flights across the Tasman including connecting domestic services. Read the full article tanks to e-Travel Blackboard For your free cars and campervans check out transfercar.co.nz &...Read More

Lucky Alice: The next aircraft boneyard!

Posted on July 4, 2011 by noel in News, Transport

Lucky Alice Springs? Not so sure if the locals feel that way. ALICE Springs has been selected to be the first aircraft “boneyard” outside the US. Functioning in the same way as Pinal Airpark in Arizona, it will cover an area of 110ha and will house 300 planes in the Northern Territory, taking planes being decommissioned from service, that have been stripped of all their parts like engines, electronics and wiring to be re-cycled. It will also be a place where aircrafts as big as the A380...Read More

Scariest campsite ever!

Posted on June 27, 2011 by noel in Accommodation, Backpacking & Accommodation, Travel Tips, Uncategorized

Here I was looking at an article about the The Death Race (which is part of a circuit of obstacle-course competitions in the US, Canada and the UK known as Spartan Races), thinking, man what a bunch of sadistic people we humans are and also remembering the movie Death Race and Blade Runner and thinking how close we are getting to these movies…OK tangent now… when I saw a link that said “Scariest Campsite Ever!” I started to imagine campsites with crocodiles, bears or god forbid...Read More