Backpackers

The most favoured activity of the graduate student is to take a year out and backpack around the world. It’s called a gap year, with the most popular routes for European and American backpackers taking in South America, Asia and Australia. So the continent has become used to young travellers arriving in all of the main city’s to spend some time looking around.

The backpacker community is quite close and its not unusual for the same people to meet on their travels time and time again. The routes provided by the tour companies booking the flights tend to use the same airlines and so it’s just a matter of whether South America comes first or New Zealand and Australia.

In the big cities such as Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane the backpacker can find low cost accommodation very easily. Some of the information on backpacker lodging is at travelsydney.co.uk and it is well worth thinking ahead when it comes to finding a place to stay.

In the Australian summer months there is a heavy demand, but some universities offer low cost accommodation for backpackers out of term time. An alternative option for backpackers is to head out into the outback and see the great sights of the continent.

Rail travel is a good way to see the beauty of the country, but if there’s a group then renting a van is another good way to travel. Whichever way the budget traveller sees Australia the report is that it was a great country to visit and most have really good memories of their time in the region.