Travelled to Australia from the UK in 2010 for what was supposed to be a 6 month visit...that didn't quite go to plan. He now calls Melbourne home, co-founded Welcome to Travel and is a proud dog dad to his pug, Harvey.
How to Make Friends As A Solo Female Traveller Using Social Media When I first set off on my solo travels at the end of 2016 one of my biggest fears was that I would stay solo. I envisioned myself alone in a hostel questioning why I’d ever left home to begin with. I’m happy […]
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Things Got A Little Crazy After Uploading This! In just 7 days this video about backpacking and specifically staying in hostels we reached over 5 million views! SAY WHAAAAAAT! It is great to know that all of our hostel and travelling experience in Australia resonated with so many people and it had an incredible reaction,
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Totally Sam’s World is an informative and thoughtful travel and lifestyle blog written by Samantha Smith. Sam is originally from the Hampshire, UK and after travelling the world and ticking off a lot of her travel goals and pole-ing around the world she has decided to live in Australia. We caught up with her to
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Phillip Island: Australia’s Little Known Gem Just 2 hours South of Melbourne, Phillip Island is a truly beautiful part of the world. It’s got stunning beaches, wildlife in abundance and incredible surf coast yet to those overseas, Phillip Island is barely known and it’s often only upon arrival that people learn about this little gem.
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Travel Blogging: a 21st century Millennial lifestyle and Gen Z trend. It seems every person and their dog is either an Instgrammer, vlogger or blogger in the travel world. So here are 4 bloggers that really piss me off. 1) BackpackerBanter View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris – Travel Blogger 🌏
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Backpacker Economics: Saving Tips For Your Big Trip… You’ve booked your flights, you’ve bought your journal and you’ve started writing your bucket list for your travelling adventure. It’s then that it hits you, ‘THIS IS REAL AND I NEED TO SAVE SOME MONEY’. Sure you can grab the odd lift and get lucky on
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Melbourne Metro YHA So we often get stuck in the centre or the beach suburb of a City and there’s nothing wrong with that, it makes things easy to get to and it’s just nice to be by the beach-we’re on holiday right? However, something we often hear is travellers wanting to see places out
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TOP 5 BACKPACKING DATE NIGHTS IN MELBOURNE So you’ve made eye contact across the free breakfast, engaged in lackluster conversation when entering the dorm and now you’ve even passed each other in the corridor. The time is now – ask them out. It’s hard to know what to do and where is good to go
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5 RIVERSIDE GEMS IN MELBOURNE Melbourne has the famous Yarra River winding through the city, thus creating endless opportunities for spectacular restaurant, bar, café and even nightclub locations. Here are a few of our uniquely located favourites. Riverland Literally hidden under Federation Square, Riverland has the City buzz above it and a beautiful view of
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You have decided to travel to Australia and all of a sudden you realise how BIG the country is and don’t know where to start your journey. Well, here are 5 reasons why Melbourne should be your first stop in Australia. Location Melbourne is the absolute ideal starting point when it comes to location. In
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