Australia
Travelling alone for the first time: making friends, your first week in Sydney, what to pack, working holiday basics and the best tours for solo travellers.
18 guides
Backpacker guides Real 4-week and 12-week campervan hire prices from 10 Australian companies: a month Sydney to Cairns from $1,379 and 3 months from $3,459 through Wanderlust, all in.
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Trip planning Australia tours for German backpackers in 2026: a German-language site, euro prices, German emails, and East Coast trips with live prices.
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Trip planning Ultimate, Welcome To Travel, INTRO, Backpacking Tours and Travel Mates compared for solo travellers: same group or not, ages, group size, length and live prices.
Read it Trip planning The cheapest backpacker group tours in Australia in 2026: surf camps, K'gari and Whitsundays, Sydney arrival tours and Tasmania, with live prices and operator prices checked 27 Oct.
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Trip planning What two weeks backpacking Brisbane to Cairns costs in 2026: a line-by-line DIY budget with a bus pass, next to a 14-day semi-guided trip, from live prices.
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Trip planning How long, how far, how much, when to go and how to travel: straight answers to the most-asked questions about backpacking the East Coast of Australia, Sydney to Cairns.
Read it Visa & work How much money you need for an Australian working holiday in 2026: the A$840 visa, the A$5,000 funds rule, your first month before payday, and travel on top.
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Travel tips First time in Fiji? Landing at Nadi, getting to Port Denarau, the Yasawa Flyer, cash and meal plans, the fuel surcharge, Sundays, water, plugs and etiquette.
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Trip planning What every Travel Mates semi-guided East Coast trip costs in 2026, from the 7-day K'gari + Whitsundays combo to 33 days Sydney to Cairns, by travel month, and what the price includes.
Read it Trip planning Every Sydney to Cairns tour we sell, ranked for solo travellers: semi-guided trips, guided group tours and the DIY bus pass, with live prices.
Read it Trip planning What a month backpacking Sydney to Cairns costs three ways: DIY with a bus pass, a semi-guided bundle or a guided group tour, with a line-by-line budget.
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Travel tips Worried you'll be lonely travelling Australia solo? Here's exactly where backpacker friendships form, from the first hostel night to the last day in Cairns.
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Travel tips Scared to travel solo? An honest hour-by-hour look at your first 48 hours in Australia: landing, the first hostel night, and the moment it gets easy.
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Trip planning Bali or Thailand for a first backpacking trip? Vibe, islands, nightlife, culture and costs compared, plus every group tour we sell.
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Backpacker guides Your first week in Sydney as a new backpacker: SIM, Opal card, bank, tax file number, where to stay, and the best first tours and free days out.
Read it Backpacker guides Solo travel on Australia's East Coast: meeting people from Sydney to Cairns, semi-guided vs guided group tour vs build-your-own, and safety basics.
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Travel tips What to pack for East Coast Australia, season by season: kit for the Whitsundays sail, K'gari and the reef, what to leave at home and the right bag size.
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Visa & work Where 88 days of specified work stands in October 2026: the UK exemption, the proposed second and third year ballot, and what it means for your plans.
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