G'Day Mate!
Since November 1999 I've been travelling around Australia and New Zealand putting on travel shows for backpackers, and my FREE, pocket-sized guidebook is coming up to its tenth edition. Crammed with 320 pages of information about what to see and do in Australia and New Zealand, the guidebook also has a comprehensive accommodation listing.
Pick up a free copy
My guidebooks are like bunny rabbits: small, cute and bloody everywhere. You can pick up your FREE copy by heading to hostels in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, Byron Bay, Brisbane and Cairns. In New Zealand they're available at hostels in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown.
However, a more enjoyable way to get a copy is by coming to one of my shows...
Safari Pete's Australia Guide - edition 12
More than 200 pages of travel info and insider advice. You can pick up a FREE copy in many hostels and travel agencies across Australia.
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Guide to Backpacking Melbourne/Victoria
More than 200 pages of travel info and insider advice. You can pick up a FREE copy in many hostels and travel agencies across Victoria.
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Guide to Backpacking Tasmania
More than 200 pages of travel info and insider advice. You can pick up a FREE copy in many hostels and travel agencies across Tasmania.
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Safari Pete's St. Kilda Highlights Map
Discover the best bars, restaurants, shops and backpacker hostel in one of Melbourne's most famous and fun suburbs, St. Kilda.
Download PDFAttend a free show
What better way to meet your fellow backpackers than by coming to a fun, FREE and frivolous show where there's always loads of giveaways, free wine and heaps of information about how to get around and where to go. There are also tour auctions where you can bid for trips and save up to 50% off the normal price; tickets are valid for six months. Come along, you'll love it!
Melbourne Backpacker Travel Show
7.30pm - Every Wednesday Night!
at Melbourne Metro YHA, 74 Howard St, North Melbourne
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Backpacker Kings Famous Neighbours Trivia Night (in Melbourne)
8pm - Every Monday Night!
Hosted by Safari Pete, at Elephant and Wheel Barrow, St Kilda
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Sydney Backpacker Travel Show
7.30pm - Every Monday Night!
Hosted by Safari Pete at the Railway Square YHA on Lee St
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Brisbane Backpacker Travel Show
7.00pm - Every Wednesday Night!
Hosted by Safari Mick at Bunk Brisbane, 11/21 Gipps St, Fortitude Valley
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About & Contact
The Safari world emerged in 1999 when, after years as a tour guide in Europe, Safari Pete returned to Australia to discover not only his love of powder blue Safari suits, but also a passion for giving backpackers useful information about his beloved country.
The Backpacker Travel Shows kicked off soon after with an information evening and a travel auction at the Melbourne Metro YHA. The show's aim was to not only entertain backpackers, but to also provide useful information about travelling around Australia before they hit the road.
Since then the shows have become extremely popular and there are weekly information evenings at a number of YHAs in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Darwin. In the summer of 2002 Safari Pete expanded and produced the highly successful Safari Pete's Backpacking Oz and NZ Handbook. The love of wearing safari suits has also caught on with the Safari team, which now numbers six.
Contact Pete via email
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VIC
- Aboriginal Victoria
- Access Car Rentals
- Albert Park Golf Club
- Alzburg Resort
- Australian Wine Tour Company
- Barzar Lounge
- Bendigo Trust
- BC Car Rentals
- Bimbo Deluxe
- Blue Train Cafe
- Buchan Caves
- Bunyip Tours
- Cape Otway Light Station
- Cheap Az Travel
- Chill On Ice Lounge
- Destination Gippsland
- Destination Phillip Island
- DPI Fruit Fly Zone
- Eureka Skydeck
- Federation Square
- Flinders Station Hotel
- Glenelg Shire Council
- Grampians Tourism
- Great Ocean Walk
- Great Ocean Road Surf Tours
- Grill’d
- Groovy Grape Getaways
- Habitat HQ
- Hobsons Bay City Council
- Hotel Discovery
- Il Gambero
- The Island Accommodation
- Law Staff
- Lucky Coq
- Metropolitan Fire Brigade
- Metlink
- Miami Hotel
- Mildura Tourism
- Moonlit Sanctuary
- Moonraker Dolphin Swims
- Mount Baw Baw
- Mt Buller
- Museum Victoria
- National Sports Museum
- Neighbours Tour
- Nucleus Network
- Otway Fly
- Pancake Parlour
- Papa Ginos
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- PJ Obriens
- Puffing Billy
- Queen Victoria Market
- RAAF Museum
- Safari Pete Travel Shows
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- St Kilda Cycles
- Travellers Autobarn
- Trees Adventure
- Tourism Victoria
- Turf Bar
- Urban Central
- Vline
- Wicked Campervans
- Wildlife Tours
- 7 Apples Gelato
AUSTRALIA WIDE
- Adventure Tours
- CountryLink
- GreatSouthern Rail
- Peterpans Adventure Travel
- QHINT
- Safari Pete Travel Shows
- Wicked Campervans
- Cheap Az Travel
- Harvest Trail
- Awesome Camper Van Hire
- Greyhound
- Sky Dive the Beach
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NSW
QLD
- AJ Hackett Cairns
- Australian Sky Dive Company
- Brisbane City YHA
- Cairns Dive Centre
- Cool Dingo
- Down Under Dive
- Dream Time Travellers Rest
- Explore Whitsundays
- Islander Resort
- JJ's Backpackers
- Magnums Airlie Beach
- Plan B Party Tours
- Q-Pharm
- Bunk