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Becoming a tourist in your home town

The Backpacker First rule of visiting your old home town: no one cares about your stories.

When a domestic flight costs more than one-way to LA

Virgin Australia's Mount Isa flights will begin with an Embraer E190, it's smallest jet.

Traveller's Check Isn't it marvellous what a little genuine competition can do for air fares?

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I've done all the dumb things

Courtney Houseboat

The Backpacker Travel is better when you have no idea what you're doing.

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The only tourist destination not full of Australians

Whitehaven beach

The Backpacker Australian tourists can be found all over the world except for one place: Australia.

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Think twice before donning a skipper's hat

Houseboat on Broadwater.

The Backpacker Some ideas are better in theory than they are in practice.

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There's a real trick to Easter holidays

Boolimba Bluff Walk, Carnarvon National Park

The Backpacker I rarely travel at Easter because, like Christmas, it's the time when everyone else travels.

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How the floods coverage killed tourism

Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise beach girls

Travellers' Check The dramatisation of the recent floods has created a world of trouble for Queensland tourism

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The ultimate in travelling freedom

Driving past Kata Tjuta (The Olgas). Car mirror

Ben Groundwater I've decided what I want to be when I grow up. I came to this decision at a campsite in northern NSW.

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