When it comes to the East Coast of Australia trying to figure out where to go and what to do can be tricky – there’s so many options for stops and experiences along the way!
That’s why we’ve teamed up with award winning travel blogger Backpacker Banter to offer up his recommended East Coast Australia Itinerary – all in an easy to book, self guided package.
It combines all his favourite stops, hostels and trip along the Sydney to Cairns route – all tried and tested during his numerous trips to Australia.
You can’t ask for a much better recommendation than that!
So what do you get?
- 3 nights at WakeUp Sydney
- Overnight bus from Sydney to Byron Bay*
- 3 nights at Aquarius Byron Bay
- Half day surf lesson in Byron Bay with Style Surf
- Dolphin kayaking in Byron Bay
- 2 nights at Bunk, Surfers Paradise
- 2 nights at YHA Brisbane
- 2 nights at Nomads in Noosa
- 2 nights at Pippies in Rainbow Beach
- 3 Day/2 Night Fraser Island tag along tour with Pippies on Fraser (All Inclusive)
- Overnight bus from Rainbow Beach to Airlie Beach
- 3 nights at Nomads in Airlie Beach
- 2 Day/2 Night Whitsundays Sailing Adventure on New Horizon
- 2 Night Magnetic Island Escape with Base Magnetic Island (inc return ferry transfers)
- 2 nights at Jackaroo Treehouse, Mission Beach
- 15,foot skydive in Mission Beach with Skydive Australia
- 3 nights at Gilligans in Cairns
- Cape Tribulation day trip with Uncle Brians
- Great Barrier Reef Day Trip with Evolution (Inc an Intro Scuba Dive)
- *only with purchase of a Greyhound Bus Pass
That’s 30 nights of Aussie goodness!
But of course there is still more you can do and instead of locking in your dates and completing the trip in 31 days, you can also book it open dated and use it as the main structure of an even bigger East Coast Adventure – perfect for those on a year long working holiday visa!
This itinerary is perfectly paired up with the Greyhound East Coast Pass which you can include for 10% off!
Additional information
| Add Ons | Sydney to Cairns Greyhound Pass, Melbourne to Cairns Greyhound Pass |
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This is a self guided package so you can begin any day you choose.
Fraser Island Tour only departs Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday and
Whitsundays Tour only departs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
This is a self guided itinerary (the most popular way to explore the East Coast) but you’ll meet plenty of fellow travel buddies along the way and of course at your hostels and on your day trips and tours!
Also please note it is subject to availability and there may be slight price increases over peak season such as Xmas, New Year, Easter and public holidays.
Includes;
- 3 nights at Wake Up Sydney
- 3 nights at Aquarius Backpackers in Byron Bay
- Half day surf lesson in Byron Bay with Style Surf
- Dolphin kayaking in Byron Bay
- 2 nights at YHA Brisbane
- 2 nights at Nomads in Noosa
- 2 nights at Pippies in Rainbow Beach
- 3 Day/2 Night Fraser Island tag along tour with Pippies on Fraser (All Inclusive)
- 3 nights at Beaches in Airlie Beach
- 2 Day/2 Night Whitsundays Sailing Adventure on New Horizon
- 2 Night Magnetic Island Escape with Nomads Magnetic Island (inc return ferry transfers)
- 2 nights at Jackaroo in Mission Beach
- 15,foot skydive in Mission Beach with Skydive Australia
- 3 nights at Gilligans in Cairns
- Cape Tribulation day trip with Uncle Brians
- Great Barrier Reef Day Trip with Evolution (Inc an Intro Scuba Dive)
Please refer to individual products pages for full terms and conditions
Tour Reviews
After using Backpacker Banter to research my Australia trip I decided to take Chris’ advice on where to go and what to do, this deal was amazing and I loved every minute of it! Highly recommended!
This crammed so much into our month in Australia, we wouldn’t change a thing. Fraser Island has to be the highlight though!
We weren’t sure how to spend our month in Australia but this really did help us make the most of it. Hadn’t heard of Yamba before but was one of our favourite stops!
Chris was great and let us swap some hostels for others that we wanted to stay at.
Thanks again!
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