Posts by Guy

With the sun forecast to be shining on the south coast, what better way to spend the Easter Break than on the South Australian coastline! Unlike most of our other trips to the area that are based around casual exploring and taki...

Continue reading

Join the movement towards ending single-use drink bottles by getting a reusable one and while you're at it, you may as well get one that looks great, is made from sustainable materials and created by a brand that puts the enviro...

Continue reading

Last weekend we went for a quick trip to old Echuca on the Murray. Echuca and other spots nearby on the Murray make up one of Australia's sunniest areas (at least sunniest in Victoria, Dad may have exaggerated about the whole of...

Continue reading

Now that we're all back out on the road and just before the decent weather in the southern parts of Australia comes to an end, if you're in Melbourne and looking to escape for a little while, we've put together three guides for ...

Continue reading

What a wild day of adventure! It's been sometime since we've ventured out to the south-east side of Melbourne, we haven't gone hiking in a couple of weeks and we've never been stand-up paddle boardings, but on the weekend, we go...

Continue reading

Since launching the Backpacking & Travel Blog, we’ve come a long way. We began as keen backpackers, traveling full-time through south-east Asia, western Europe and Australia. 40 ...

Continue reading

When we head out camping, we're not afraid to rough it, but that doesn't mean that we don't enjoy bringing along high quality gear that we'd more than happily include in our home tableware and cookware collections.

Continue reading

We've spent a lot of time exploring Victoria, since the Pandemic hit, which has been amazing but it was time to head interstate, so we went and spent a few days on the coast in the bottom south-east corner of South Australia.

Continue reading

2020 included a lot of staying inside and instead of exploring and heading out on new adventures, we wrote over 100,000 words on places that we've already had the pleasure of visiting and now have the time to tell you all, all a...

Continue reading

2020 was huge for BPTRV. We started the year with a hiking safari through west Tasmania followed by unwinding and touring Tassie's east coast, then we explored the Great Ocean Road and Great Otway National Park on an almost dail...

Continue reading