Travelling Australia
Travel guides
- Backpack Victoria - a special site for backpackers travelling to Victoria in the south of eastern Australia.
- Discover Tasmania - find out why Tasmania is the number one island for natural attractions, breathtaking experiences, restaurants, food, and people.
- Lonely Planet - the world's greatest travel gurus started it all in Australia. Check their site out for helpful travel tips and information.
- Northern Territory - Australian Outback - explore the Red Centre and natural wonders of Australia's outback territory.
- Queensland holidays - they say it's ‘beautiful one day, perfect the next’. Find out all about Australia's sunshine state here.
- South Australia - the wine capital of Australia has picturesque vineyards, beaches, outback and wildlife sanctuaries and the city of churches, Adelaide.
- Tourism Australia - visit this official tourism site to learn more about Australia and plan where you would like to live.
- Visit NSW - explore all there is to know about the southern state Victoria and its capital city Melbourne. Features a link to a special section for backpackers (see above).
- Welcome to Western Australia - your guide to Australia's biggest state. A great site with suggested itineraries, great photos and an interactive tour guide.
- Australia and New Zealand Online Travel Service - Specialising in tailor-made itineraries for travellers to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. You benefit from the local knowledge of your travel consultant and the convenience of planning your vacation through one website.
Travel websites
- Cheap flights - compare prices on cheap flights from any worldwide destinations.
- Expedia - search for cheap flights and deals.
- Flight comparison - is excellent for comparing flights when you are in the UK to destinations all around the world using a multitude of different carriers.
- Travel Supermarket - another bargain hunter website for flights and travel deals.
- Travel.com.au - this Australian website is a market leader in online flights and travel tours.
- World backpackers - this website has been created by and for people who love to travel. The aim is an online non-commercial information resource that helps the world wanderer prepare for the journey ahead.
Major airlines and travel agents
- QANTAS - Australia's major airline.
- Flight Centre - one of the world's largest flight retailers with stores in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the USA and Canada.
- Travelscene - One of the largest independent franchise travel agency groups in Australia.
- Australia Travel Specialist Network
- Virgin Blue - Low cost domestic airline.
- Pacific Blue - Low cost international airline flying to New Zealand and the Pacific Island.
- V Australia - Low cost airline flying from Australia to Los Angeles, USA.
- Jet Star - Low cost Australian airline flying to domestic and international destiations.
Travel insurance
- World Nomads - here you can easily buy insurance online that has been especially designed for independent travellers from over 44 countries.