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Shore Thing tickets go on sale

New Year’s Eve ain’t that far away, in the scheme of things, and if you’re in or headed to Australia, going to Shore Thing on Syndey’s famous Bondi Beach is a great way to spend the last hour, minutes and seconds of this here year.

SHORE THING is back for yet another extraordinary New Year’s Eve that is set to go off bigger and louder than any firework you’ve ever seen. This night has now achieved legendary status in the Sydney party calendar as an unrivalled outdoor musical experience due to its unremittingly top-quality line-ups in one of the most unique, iconic locations in Australia, Bondi Beach. So with this gorgeous backdrop to some incredible musical acts, your friends all around and the sea breeze in your hair, what finer way could there be the end your 2008 with a bang?

Tickets go on sale midday (local time) Friday 10th October (that’s today) through fuzzy.com.au & Ticketek.

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When in Amsterdam in late October… party it up at the world’s biggest club festival

Heading for Amsterdam later this month? If so, and if you’re a party animal, you’re going to want to check out what is the biggest club festival in the world: the Amsterdam Dance Event.

So what makes it the biggest? Well, the four-day event features over 700 DJ’s and acts performing in 40 of Amsterdam’s finest venues, DJ cafés, record stores, lounges and art galleries. Now in its thirtheenth year, the ADE has grown into a business conference that attracts 1900 key professionals and a club festival audience of 72 000 people.

72 THOUSAND people. BIG indeed.

So, if clubbing is your game, Amsterdam is most definitely your city for the days and especially the nights of the 22nd through to the 25th of October 2008.

For details on exactly who those 700 DJ’s will be, visit the event website, forthwith!

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Ryan Air ‘Free Flights’ Sale - Again

It defies logic, the idea of free flights, doesn’t it? It must cost an awful lot to fly a plane from place to place, so why on earth would anyone want to charge nothing at all for it?

Well, whatever the bizarre reasoning behind it, budget airline Ryan Air has gone one step further than £1 flights, and is now offering them for nothing at all…

Backpackers, of course, aren’t the sort to complain about such things (nor ponder upon them at any length) and will no doubt be snapping up fares to help them get around Europe much more cheaply.

The offer is on selected one-way flights to and from Europe between the 23rd of October and the 16th of December 2008. It even includes taxes and fares… Book until midnight tonight!

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
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Get free rail travel days with STA Travel’s Eurail Spring 2009 Promotional Pass

The guys over at STA Travel let us in on a spring special they’re running right now for all of you backpackers out there looking to plan your overseas adventures for 2009.

Student and youth (under 26 years of age) travellers can get FREE days of travel by taking advantage of the latest early bird special for October.

The special offers up to 10 days of free travel added on to a purchased Eurail pass.

Here are the details:

• Get 31 days of travel when you buy a 21-day Eurail Global Pass
• Get 21 days of travel when you buy a 15-day Eurail Global Pass
• Get 10 days of travel when you buy a 8-day Eurail 3 country pass
• Get 8 days of travel when you buy a 6-day Eurail 3 country pass

That can work out to be a huge saving, especially for a budgeting backpacker!

Travel can start March 1, 2009 but must be completed before May 31, 2009. Book your pass online at www.statravel.com or call (800) 781-4040.

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
RTW flights – book your round-the-world flights at backpacking prices!
Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Bmibaby flight sale: 1 million seats from £18.99

Midlands-based budget airline, bmibaby is having a sale on selected flights to the UK and Europe. Snap up one-way flights for as little as £18.99 one way, including all the usual taxes and charges.

There are one million of them floating about amongst all the rest of the fares, for travel between now and the 24th of October 2009, so you might have to do a little searching to find what you want.

But, you’ll have to be quick! The offer ends tomorrow (Tuesday 7 October) at midnight (GMT).

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
RTW flights – book your round-the-world flights at backpacking prices!
Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Keeping it green at Rocking the Daisies in South Africa

Rocking the Daisies is an eco-friendly music and lifestyle festival taking place in Darling, a small town in the be-flowered Cape West Coast area.

Spring time in the Cape is a sight to see… The spectacular displays of the Western Cape’s floral kingdom are quite something to behold.

Not only does this relatively new (but very popular) festival offer some of the very best local talent, as well as an international guest star, Eagle Eye Cherry, it’s also one of the greenest festivals in the country.

So, if you’re near Cape Town this coming weekend, and fancy dancing in the daisies, all weekend long, see if you can snap up a ticket and head on over to flower-ville.

Tickets for the weekend cost R320 (27 euros). Find out more here.

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
RTW flights – book your round-the-world flights at backpacking prices!
Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Ryan Air’s slashes its prices, then slashes them again

Well, if £5 for a one-way flight to somewhere in Europe sounded like it was too good to be true, how does £1 sound?

Ridiculous, is what, and the mind boggles as to how Ryan Air makes any money from selling their seats so cheaply! But, naturally, penny-pinching backpackers generally ain’t picky, and the lowest fare is always the best fare.

“At Ryanair our unbelievable Winter seat sale offers just keep on coming. For just £1 you can fly to the European destination of your choice this October and November. This incredible £1 offer is inclusive of taxes and charges. Do not let this sensational offer pass you by. You have until midnight Wednesday to book your bargain getaway. Log onto Ryanair.com for more details of this £1 offer and BOOK NOW!!”

So, if a dirt-cheap plane ride is something you’re keen on, get yourself to Ryan Air before midnight tomorrow (GMT). You’ll need to be logged in to find out about the special, so if you’re not already signed up, now’s the time to do it.

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
RTW flights – book your round-the-world flights at backpacking prices!
Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Discounted European flights on FlyBaboo’s ‘Earlybirds Autumn Sale’

European airline FlyBaboo is rewarding all early birds this Autumn with discounts on selected flights around the continent.

Extend your summer – fly from Geneva to the south of France and back again, for from 139 CHF (about 87 Euro).

Or head to Athens or Bucharest (ex Nice) for 199 CHF (125 Euros) return.

All flights are return flights, and include all taxes and fees. The offer is valid for travel between 28 October and 14 December 2008.

Book by 28 September 2008!

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
RTW flights – book your round-the-world flights at backpacking prices!
Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Less than a month to AfrikaBurn, Africa’s Burning Man Festival

Well, they don’t seem to have updated their website to indicate it, but Afrika Burns this year became ‘AfrikaBurn‘, and will again be setting up camp in the hot dusty Karoo, a few hours’ drive from Cape Town, South Africa.

Like America’s more famous Burning Man, upon which AfrikaBurn is based, the event is one of ‘radical self-reliance’ and freedom of expression:

“It is an exercise in total self-reliance: participants camp for four days and provide entirely for themselves, including all their water, shelter and food needs. The entire festival is created by voluntary participants who invest their own personal skills, resources, time and money in the shared project of self expression and creating, for a few days: a Utopian vision. If you come to Afrika Burns, you must participate in whatever way you can. We want no spectators. “

This year’s event takes place between the 16th and 19th of October, in the temporary village of Tankwa Town. It’s not the kind of party where you pitch up and hope for the best, so make sure you read the FAQ, study the survival guide and pack accordingly!

Burn tickets are available online until the 10th of October (R350 for a weekend ticket). Or, pay R400 at the festival gate (closes at 7pm on Saturday 18th October).

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
RTW flights – book your round-the-world flights at backpacking prices!
Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Field Day 2009: Tickets on sale tomorrow!

New Year’s Eve might seem miles away, but time flies when you’re having fun, or so they say… and if you like to have a lot of fun, going to Field Day is certainly one way to do it!

Get 2009 off to the best possible start with Field Day – a New Year’s resolution that ticks all the right boxes. Burn carbs while dancing up a storm all day and night with your friends; get back to nature absorbing some summer rays in the beautiful, leafy surrounds of the Domain, basking in the beauty of Sydney’s glorious skyline all day; and discover something new whilst listening to some of the best and most exciting DJs and live acts from across the globe. There can be no more positive way to start your 2009 than with THE party of the year. (via)

Sound like your kinda party? Then make sure you’re ready and waiting when tickets go on sale tomorrow at midday (Aussie time) because tickets go fast!

Tickets cost $120 +bf and will be available through the Fuzzy website or at Ticketek.com.au.

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