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My Favorite Australian Hostels

Continuing on my post about my favorite New Zealand hostels, it’s time to talk about my favorite hostels in Australia. I’ll continue doing this throughout the year and, at the end of the year, will have a “Best Hostels of 2010” edition.

Base St. Kilda (Melbourne)

I’ve said in the past that Base is like the [...]

The Saturday City: Broome

Broome is located in the northern part of Western Australia. It’s a small, sleepy little seaside town with not much to do except lounge around in the sun. The heat and humidity can get unbearable and the phrase “broometime” is often used to describe the city’s sluggish pace.
The city was founded in 1880s as a [...]

The Real OZ Experience

It was the third time the bus broke down. Somewhere right outside a small mining community in Western Australia, our bus had enough and it wanted us to know. So with an explosion and plume of smoke, the bus came to a crashing halt.
It was the end of a long journey that began back in [...]