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World Nomads Travel Insurance
Buy, extend and claim online even after you've left home. World Nomads travel insurance is available to people from over 150 countries and is designed for adventurous travellers with cover for overseas medical, evacuation, baggage and activities such as skiing and snowboarding.
Australian and New Zealand residents, who purchase World Nomads travel insurance from 1 December 2009, will be underwritten by Lloyd's - the world's leading insurance market.
WorldNomads.com is backed by a suite of strong, secure, specialist travel insurance companies from around the world to keep independent and adventurous travellers from 150 countries, travelling safely.
Calypso Hostel, Cairns
The best things about our place, except for the great city location, facilities, services, pool, cleanliness, kitchens, comfy beds, common spaces etc., is our staff! Ultimate Hospitality, to the best of tropical ability, will be the highlight of your trip to Australia. Our funky staff here @ Calypso bring this value statement to work in their minds and hearts everyday. We just love it!
Calypso has 4 air-conditioned accommodation styles: dorm share, twin share, double share, and singles.
Cleaned daily with fresh linen available during office hours, you can tell we appreciate the importance of a nice room at the end of the day.
Njoy, Cairns
Njoy! offers Cairns Backpacker & Budget Accommodation with a difference! We serve up a chilled & funky atmosphere in a safe, secure and clean environment. Only 3 blocks from the city centre, and absolutely everything in Cairns. Our friendly, experienced, cool & groovy staff will bathe you in our unique brand of Ultimate Hospitality!
And if that's not enough to convince you, all of our rooms come with air conditioning, a fridge and a sink. We quite often have stand-by room rates available - just ask!
Whether you want to experience the oldest rainforest in the world or snorkel the Great Barrier Reef, we offer a full tour booking service to help you get the best out of your stay in Cairns
Beaches backpackers
Your once in a lifetime experience starts right here! With two award winning hostels in two of Australia's favourite backpacker playgrounds, Beaches offers you the best of Fraser Island and the Whitsundays with a great choice of adventure options to suit your budget and style.
Beaches features an exclusive Camp Beaches on Fraser Island, great meals at the bistro & awesome nights out in its famous backpacker bars in Hervey Bay and Airlie Beach! Hervey Bay is the gateway to World Heritage listed Fraser Island with the safest and most scenic access onto the island. Airlie Beach is the magnificent gateway to the Whitsunday Islands; one of Australia's most happening backpacker areas.
Pro Dive Cairns
Pro Dive is Cairns' premier Dive School and Outer Reef liveaboard dive operator. Since 1983 we have developed an international reputation for quality, professionalism, safety and value. We are locally owned and operated by Rod Punshon and Quicksilver Connections.
We specialise in 3 areas, dive courses, 3 day 2 night live a board dive trips for certified divers and retail sales of dive, snorkel and water sports equipment. Our goal is to provide the very best quality and standards in everything we do. When it comes to diving on the Great Barrier Reef Pro Dive Cairns should be your first choice.
Sky Dive Cairns
Are you ready for the ultimate experience? Skydive in the tropical paradise that is the city of Cairns. Nestled on the coast of Far North Queensland it is renowned for its tourism attractions like the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea and the Wet Tropics World Heritage rainforest. Skydive with The Australian Skydive Company (Skydive Cairns, Jump the Beach Mission, Jump the Beach Brisbane) has more then 23 years experience in tandem skydives and is the largest and the most professional in the country.
Skydive Cairns is not just for Tandem Skydiving! If you are a certified skydiver come and visit Skydive Cairns. You can arrange to fun jump with us over in the tropical location where it never gets too cold to jump.
Raging Thunder
Raging Thunder Adventures is the largest adventure company in Australia. We have a reputation for excellence and have established ourselves as a World Leader in Adventure Tourism.
Raging Thunder specialise in adventure eco tourism. The World Heritage listed Wet Tropical Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef are our workbenches. Our guides are trained to leave nothing but a footprint and take nothing but photos. Cairns and the surrounding areas make up the world's natural adventure playground and we want to share it with you. We offer adventures designed for those of you that want to experience soft adventure through to your adrenalin seeking thrill seekers.
Explore Whitsundays
The directors of Explore Whitsunday's share the same ideals
and believe that the delivery of quality experiences, across a
broad range of segments from Backpackers and Flashpackers
to the Deluxe market is paramount to the on-going success
and growth of the Whitsunday Sailing and Tourism Industry.
We are actively involved in the broader tourism industry,
including Deputy Chair roles of the Whitsunday Charter Boat
Industry Association and Backpacking Queensland, plus
board level role of Tourism Whitsunday's. Further, you can
still see the directors down the dock and may even find them
Skippering the Yachts. We operate 14 yachts in the Whitsundays and offer live-aboard fully catered Sailing Holidays. Tours range from Youth Adventure and Backpacker Market to Family, Couples and Deluxe Markets.
River Life, Brisbane
Looking for a great outdoor activity in the city without breaking the budget? Day or night kayak on the Brisbane River to South Bank / Mowbray Park, rock climb or abseil the Kangaroo Point Cliffs, learn to skate or hire a mountain bike or set of rollerblades along the river! No experience necessary - minimum 8 years of age.
Also available... Riverlife's unique riverfront venues (surrounding Brisbane's heritage listed Naval Stores) with great affordable catering options!
Check out what's NEW at Riverlife! Visit Riverlife's NEW recreation centre - Tangatours at Tangalooma Island Resort on Brisbane's Moreton Island!
Groovy Grape
Starting operations in 1997, with the Barossa Valley tours, we have grown to cover the best of Southern and Central Australia and extending up to the Top End from May 2009. Groovy Grape Getaways caters to the backpacker market who want fun informative adventurous trips. We are a young, active and energetic tour company: our tours and passengers reflect this. All Groovy Grape Getaways trips are all inclusive trips. All meals, accommodation and National Park fees are included. No nasty surprises! With our coasters having a maximum of 21 comfortable seats, air-conditioning, music, with top quality swags at the end of a day in the outback and comfortable hostel accommodation and delicious meals that cater for dietary requirements.
Nullabor Traveller
Imagine a trip where you have the chance to encounter whales breaching below you, sea lions and dolphins swimming around you, kangaroos and emus in the native environment along with wombats and dingoes, hand feed wild giant tuna or even get up close and personal with a Great White Shark!
These are just some of the Wild encounters possible on a 6, 9 or 10 day journey across the great treeless plain of the Nullarbor between Adelaide and Perth. To the majority this raw and wild part of the great Aussie outback is seen as a boring and endless road but to those in the know this part of Australia offers a greater range of possible wildlife encounters in stunning and unique scenery than any other part of the country.
The Bama Way
Travel The Bama Way and experience Tropical North Queensland through the eyes of the people who have been its custodians for tens of thousands of years.
The Bama Way is an Aboriginal journey through South Eastern Cape York, from Cairns to north of Cooktown, following story-lines through the two Aboriginal nations of the Kuku Yalanji and Guugu Yimithirr peoples.
The Bama Way links three Aboriginal-owned tours operated by the traditional custodians of the local area.
Next Backpackers, Hervey Bay
NEXT is a brand new and modern backpackers that is a cut above the rest. Yes, it offers budget accommodation. But no, that's definitely not all. It offers so much more than a place to stay... When you book a bed at NEXT why not book yourself on a tour to Fraser Island or whale watching at the same time? Check out the fantastic package deals we've put together for you or if you're unsure of what there is to do in Hervey Bay then click here for more info.
NEXT Backpackers offers 24 hour Hi-Speed Global Gossip Internet Access, complete with Headsets and Web Cam, Skype, USB & Memory Card Ports. Wireless internet is also available through-out the building.
RnR Rafting
Cairns in Tropical North Queensland is renowned for the Great Barrier Reef and World Heritage Rainforest. Without doubt it is Australia's extreme adventure capital - especially for white water rafting, which is the most exciting and fun way to discover the pristine rainforest.
RnR, based in Cairns, is Australia's White Water Rafting specialist. With experience since 1984, RnR has established a reputation synonymous with safety, service and above all, fun.
Rafting in North Queensland has the advantage of departures all year round, tropical water temperatures and ease of access to compliment breath-taking scenery and rapids.
Aquarius Backpackers - Gold Coast
Aquarius Backpackers Hostel is located in Southport-Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in sunny Queensland, Australia. All year round, there is all the excitement you would expect from one of the world's greatest tourist capitals.
Let us show you a little of what you can expect when you stay with The Aquarius Backpackers Team. You will find clean, modern, safe and friendly accommodation at our Hostel which is close to all your needs - shopping centres - banks - post offices - pubs, and above all, our world-famous beaches and lush green Hinterland.
Aquarius is the place to relax, party, have fun and make friends. Our friendly staff are here to look after you by offering the most exclusive homely stay with that extra personal touch.