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Travellerspoint.com - 'Winter' Photography Competition

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 | By nomads-news | Views [1996]

Our friends over at Travellerspoint are running their photography competition again, with the theme this time being 'Winter'. Worth promoting to your community, friends, family, even those you dislike but feel like giving pre-Christmas cheer to!, ... Read more >

Tags: hotelclub, photography competition, travellerspoint, travellerspoint.com, world nomads, worldnomads.com

A weekend in Paris

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 | By lisaf | Views [1312]

OK, so I wasn't quite Belle from Beauty and the Beast opening my Parisian windows and singing "good morning" to the village.... but I did open my Parisian window one crispy Autumn morning and I called out "Gaston" to whoever was around (thankfully ... Read more >

Tags: walking around paris

Sydney in the Masses

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By cam2yogi | Views [1201]

Australia is a bout of freedom—contemplative exploration amidst leisurely activities of reading, writing, studying, more exploring, dreaming, and the likes of a dynamic introspective lifestyle suited for a Seeker. It is holiday. It is an escapade, ... Read more >

Tags: australia, sydney

Travelling on Intuition

Fri, 2 Jun 2017 | By jemma_scott | Views [849]

Perth to the Gold Coast ; a whopping 6,324 kilometres of vast undulating plains and a meandering coastline that is an absolute pleasure to surf and simply soak the soul. I was offered a free flight across to travel with ... Read more >

Tags: adventure travel, australia, backpacking, couchsurfing, rideshare, road trip, solo travel, summer, surf photography

Scared of heights? Unfit? Don’t like ladders? What would you do in Sydney?

Sun, 17 May 2015 | By goannasnake | Views [786]

Climb the Harbour Bridge, of course. At least, that’s what I did. The weather was absolutely awful – cold and very wet. What would you expect in the middle of winter? Well, it could have been fine, but it wasn’t. Everyone else thought ... Read more >

Tags: bridge climb, fear, sydney

Sticker Shock

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 | By sarahreinertsen | Views [739]

Exactly one year from departing Australia, I returned to Adelaide on an overnight flight from Singapore. It was a beautiful March day - as most March days in Adelaide are - and I was excited to bring my trip full circle, as it were. Despite my lack ... Read more >

Tags: australia, culture shock

Almost Gone

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 | By jugap | Views [514] | Comments [4]

43 hours till take off. The backpacks are nearly full. My blue one has wheels also so I can trail it along behind me - Yeah. Still last minute things to do. The daughter is impsoing her presence more and more on the house. She has already rearranged ... Read more >

bungle bungles

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 | By aiden-k | Views [371]

Today we are at Bungle Bungles and it is very, very hot. Today was the hotest day on our trip. We had our first outside shower of our whole trip. On the way to the Bungle Bungles Jacob and I saw some Boab trees. If you are wondering what a Boab tree ... Read more >

Who says country towns are boring?

Tue, 16 Sep 2014 | By terriferreira | Views [316] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Film and travel. My two passions combined into a rich and diverse profession which I would love to take part in for the rest of my life. Being an 18 year old first year student studying Media and Arts production isn't the easiest thing, you need to be ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

The Grand Voyage

Fri, 4 Sep 2015 | By steficanicol | Views [292] | Video | Scholarship Entry

To be the winner of the World Nomads film scholarship would literally be a dream come true. Winning would be recognition that I am on the right track and that following my heart and doing what I am passionate about - works. When I filmed my university ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

1st August

Tue, 5 Aug 2008 | By themorrows | Views [290]

Arrived at the Sydney Marriott with strong feelings that we had stayed there before. The rooftop pool was closed for renovations, so we couldn't check out the memory. Another good sized room, with a great view of Hyde Park and the Sydney Tower. Unfortunately, ... Read more >