Australia tour - Things to do in Australia
 
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You will be amazed at the diverse range of experiences on offer in Australia.  We aim to provide you with enough information and free access to plan your Australia tour.

It's very simple - take a look through our site and plan your trip. View each region and read some of the wonderful suggestions that have been made by us and other backpackers.

Australia tours, travel packages and activities are as varied as Australia is large. Take your time to plan and do your best to visit as many States as you cans .... they all offer something unique.

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Backpacking Tours in Australia

If the universe ever needs a backpackers’ heaven, Australia is well qualified for the title. 

Amazing Australia Experiences

Australia is a land full of powerful experiences just waiting to be discovered. Encounters with our incredible wildlife on land    

Nature & Wildlife in Australia

Nature was inspired when it created Australia. Animals you'll see nowhere else, plants that will amaze you - and scenery you'll never forget. 

Feeling Adventurous?

Whether your tastes run to skydiving or just meeting a koala at eye-level in a treetop and saying g'day - you'll find exhilaration in Australia!  

Shopping & Nightlife

Shopping is a part of any holiday, and a combination of fantastic shopping centres with a galaxy of goods found nowhere else in the world  

Aboriginal Australia 

The indigenous inhabitants of Australia, known as Aboriginal people, have a history of over 50,000 years on the world’s largest continent. 

Sports Whether it's a game of beach volleyball, the emotion of Aussie Rules football or the excitement of Melbourne Cup, there is opportunity to join in with Australians enjoying sport.

Reliving the 1880’s Outback Australia
By Melinda Wythes

Sunrise is early and marks the start of the droving day in a 1880’s Australia.  After waking from the mooing cattle, clambering out of the tent at first light and greeted by the smell of fresh manure and...mmm..., is that, breakfast on the campfire?  Saddle up and head out on the Oodnadatta Track, herding cattle through diverse terrain, along the original Ghan Railway and Overland Telegraph Line, across a land where the Dreamtime came to life and where white man succeeded and failed.  Come along, saddle up and hear the stories that outback Australia has to offer.

Forget about Outback Queensland, head for South Australia, jump on a horse and muster yourself up some cattle.  Starting point is on a small property, Anna Creek Station, it’s about 5.5 million acres just outside William Creek town.  Don’t know where that is?  Somewhere in out-the-back of Australia...actually, it’s more towards the heart of Australia.

The Ghan Railway that follows the Overland Telegraph Line are both important structures to the inhabitance of central Australia in the late 1800’s.  First, in 1874, the telegraph line provided telecommunications, then the railway line in 1878 for hauling goods.  Along this route many towns were developed, grew and, sadly as time passed and some diminished, but some survived.

William Creek may hold refuge to six permanent residences, and one of the most isolated pubs in the world but the William Creek Races expands the population to 500.  Further along the Track you will encounter other small towns including Coober Pedy- an Opal town, a mining town of Roxy Downs and the town that marks beginning of the Oonadatta Tracks, Marree.  Once upon a time these towns where integral to the growth of outback Australia, now they have dedicated themselves to preserving their history with museums and art galleries.
As the Track flows through the diverse landscapes of sand dune, stony tablelands and gravely terrain, you will encounter the diverse wilderness.  Hose back riding  passed native Australian wilderness including Red River Gums, Coolibah trees and scattered lemon grass, has not changed much since the 1880’s, just a few more “cob webs”, so to speak.

Although  time has given a complete overhaul of the amenities facilities since the 1880’s…thank goodness for that!  But time has not changed everything.  Dreamtime stories are still spoken, danced and sung by indigenous people.  Stars fill the night sky and campfire entertainment of stories about people gone before, are still told. 

At the end of the day, after the campfire dinner has been feasted upon, the cattle has fallen silent and the entertainment has died down, the sun sets, reflecting off the dust, creating a red fiery sky for a few minutes until the stars shine through as the sky darkens.  It’s nice that time has not changed this.

So take a trip along an important historical trail of Australia using a traditional method of transport and experience a little of Australian history, firsthand.