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Australia

AFTER DARK FEATURED 

Hotel owner helpfully clarifies that the shit on your bed is from a cute local animal, not a rat

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments antechinus, Australia, hotel room, poo, rat shit, TripAdvisor

The manager of the pricey Gold Coast guesthouse you and your mates stayed at a few months ago has admitted that there was, indeed, shit on your bed when you checked in.

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CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

Aggressively xenophobic Queenslander chooses to run backpacker hostel for some reason

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Paul Norman 1 Comment Australia, immigration, Queenslander, racist, working holiday, xenophobic

The benefits of the business compared to the upkeep seem pretty limited, but that doesn’t stop him from running a hostel that he pretty openly despises.

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FANNY PACK FEATURED NEWS 

LIVE: Backpacker sharehouse calls emergency summit on the toilet paper situation

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 Paul Norman 0 Comments Australia, backpackers, coronavirus, pandemic, panic, sharehouse, toilet paper

Eleven backpackers living in a sharehouse at 117 Woolgoolga Avenue have, in light of a crisis sweeping Australia, called a house meeting.

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Nobody at this hostel has wiped their arse
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED NEWS 

Ewww! Nobody at this Melbourne hostel has wiped their arse for five days

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment Australia, coronavirus, fear, Melbourne, pandemic, panic, toilet paper

Coronavirus is spreading across the world at an alarming rate. But more concerning than the virus itself is the panic accompanying it.

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Tropical destinations to avoid bushfires
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

4 heavenly tropical destinations where you can shirk your duty as the leader of a burning nation

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Australia, beach, bushfires, Hawaii, holiday, national emergency, natural disaster, Scott Morrison, tropical destination

If you want to leave the bushfires behind so you can get lit in paradise, we’ve scouted four of the best tropical destinations for you.

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Woman watches as Australian bushfire rages on
FANNY PACK NEWS 

Australian government reminds backpackers that bushfires are no excuse for avoiding farm work

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 3 Comments Australia, bushfire, climate change, London, natural disaster, Sydney, weather

A British lass driving at 140 km/h to escape a catastrophic bushfire on the outskirts of Sydney better not be

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Australian tourism ad
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Australian tourism ad fails to mention skin cancer, deadly animals, price of beer

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Australia, beer, bushfire, danger, expensive, snakes, sunburn, tourism ad

An Australian tourism ad that’s heavy on stock footage of remote beaches and cuddly koalas paints an unrealistic picture of the Land Down Under, backpackers around the country have claimed.

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Ivan Milat is dead
AFTER DARK NEWS 

Hitchhikers around the world embark on sacred pilgrimage to piss on Ivan Milat’s grave

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Australia, crime, hitchhiker, Ivan Milat, murder, poetic justice, serial killer

Australia’s most notorious serial killer, Ivan Milat, has finally fucked off to join the Mile Deep Club in the darkest corner of Hell.

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Australian immigration officer relaxing
FANNY PACK FEATURED 

Australian immigration officer kicks back after a long week of ruining backpackers’ hopes, dreams

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments Australia, bureaucracy, farm work, fruit-picking, visa, working holiday

An Australian immigration officer who spends his days crushing backpackers’ spirits can’t wait to hit one of Canberra’s two nightclubs.

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CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

Tiger snake makes itself comfortable in backpacker’s sleeping bag

September 2, 2019September 2, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Australia, camping, dangerous, gum tree, sleeping bag, tent, tiger snake, venom

German backpacker Heidi Schlickenbocker is in for a surprise when she snuggles up in her sleeping bag tonight, with a friendly local tiger snake having decided to keep her company for the evening.

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CULTURE SHOCK FANNY PACK FEATURED 

Oxford grad returns from Australian working holiday as a full-on tradie

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments Australia, Oxford, private school, rich, tradie, work and travel, working holiday

While most return from their gap year with tiger selfies or veneral disease, Oxford grad Tristan Hughbert-Snargleton came back with something better: a high-vis vest and a pair of Redback steel-caps.

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Man in Australian country town completes Tinder
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Desperately single traveller finishes Tinder 80 seconds after arriving in Australian country town

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Australia, country town, dating app, lonely, love, sad, sex, Tinder

Pickings are slim in the Australian country town of Strathbogie, as Scottish backpacker Huw McLoughon has just found out.

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NEWS

Somali government advises against travel to US
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED NEWS 

Somali government warns citizens against travelling to the USA

May 30, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0

In response to out-of-control scenes in the US over the past few days, the Somali government has made the unprecedented move of advising its citizens to stay away from the world’s richest country.

30-year-old backpacker and travel blogger wants to make money
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

30-year-old backpacker’s fear of no longer travelling or having a social life proven correct

April 20, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0
Chernobyl is on fire
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Chernobyl catching fire somehow not even in the 10 most apocalyptic news stories of 2020

April 14, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0
Conscientious full-time backpacker starts travelling from home
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Conscientious full-time backpacker starts travelling from home

March 24, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0

PERSPECTIVE

Waiting for roommates to stop
AFTER DARK CULTURE SHOCK PERSPECTIVE 

OPINION: If my roommates don’t shut up soon, I’ll have no choice but to sit here silently and wait for them to stop

December 18, 2019 Paul Norman 0

My only option is to press the nuclear button: to continue to do nothing and seethe silently until they shut up.

WTF? I arrived in London five hours ago and now I have no money left
FANNY PACK FEATURED PERSPECTIVE 

WTF? I arrived in London five hours ago and now I have no money left

September 12, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0
OPINION: Why millennials should spend less on travel and more on my $500 online e-consulting course
FANNY PACK FEATURED PERSPECTIVE 

OPINION: Why millennials should spend less on travel and more on my $500 online e-consulting course

August 7, 2019 Paul Norman 0
I live in a tent
FANNY PACK PERSPECTIVE 

Congratulations on buying your first home! I live in a tent

May 3, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0

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