Australian Travel & Tourism Blog

June 20th, 2007

Wine Tours in Margaret River for Cool People? Dude…


Margaret River Wines Tour Company: Wine for Dudes

Margaret River Winery Tour
Wine for Dudes Winery Tours
Location: Margaret River Wine Region, WA
Phone: (08) 9758 8699
Mobile: 0427 774 994
Offer:
Website: Wine for Dudes

Like a glass of wine or six? Fancy trading up from your silver bladder of doom goonbag shite to some of the best wine in Australia (and therefore the best wine in the world)? Want to go on a winery tour of some of the best vineyards in the Margeret River Wine Region and not have listen to some pompous wanker waffle bullcrap about wine?

Call Wine for Dudes on (08) 9758 8699 (or 0427 774 994) and make a booking for a casual wine tour experience that is both entertaining and informative. John and the team at Wine for Dudes pride themselves on being that “little bit different” and that’s the way we like it at Wicked. You can rest assured you won’t have to listen to all that over the top, old fashioned wine talk!

Even if the closest you’ve ever come to enjoying fine wine consists of cheap goon and alcoholic sugar syrup drinks flavoured with artificial grapes, Wine for Dudes make Margaret River wine tours accessible to all. So whether you’re a vineyard virgin or a seasoned sommelier, Wine for Dudes can help you enjoy the wine tasting experience from the finest cellar doors scattered across the stunning Margaret River Wine Region.

Wine Blending Tours Western Australia

Wine for Dudes have devised a way to make wine a little simpler and a bit more hands on by letting you make a wine that you like (that, or you will decide that the winemaker was right all along). This ‘wine blending’ offer is exclusive to Wine for Dudes and can be trialled every single day. Let us take you on a ride that will help you understand and enjoy the lifestyle of wine and it’s rewards!

All Wine Tours include the following;

  • A BBQ Lunch at the Palandri winery OR a gourmet picnic feast at Hay Shed Hill. Not surprisingly, every lunch includes a glass of wine. Who’d'a thunk it?
  • An in-depth exploration into the grapey bowels of a working winery. Watch in awe as the winemaking process unfolds before your very eyes!
  • Wine Tasting sessions at four to five premium Margeret River wineries with wine discounts available.
  • Fun and relaxation in the pristine Margaret River environment!

For more details on their Maggie River tours give Wine for Dudes a call on (08) 9758 8699 (or 0427 774 994) or you can visit Wine for Dudes dot com and read all about their wine tours.

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June 13th, 2007

WTF is WF? How to Get the Most From Your Wicked Friends


G’Day and Welcome to WickedFriends dot com, it’s good to have you here! This article is designed to help you understand how this website works and how to get the most out of your Wicked Australian Travels.

If this is your first visit to this site then you might like to subscribe to our RSS Feed to receive all the freshly updated goodness. If you don’t know what an RSS Feed is then you can read about RSS on WikiPedia.

So, What is Wicked Friends dot com?

In a nutshell, WickedFriends dot com is a blog about Tourism & Travel in Australia with a specific theme of connecting Backpackers and other Self Drive Holiday Makers with Tourism Companies in Australia. This blog is maintained by Wicked Campers so you can be sure the focus is on fun, seeing and doing more, spending less and having a Wicked time travelling in Australia!

Break it down for me, Joe

Wicked Campers = Cheap Campervan Hire for Backpackers in Australia
Friends = All the great Australian tourism companies who want to show you a good time whilst on your Australian travels.
Wicked Campers + Friends = Wicked Friends = A Blog about Helping Backpackers find Discount Travel and interesting information related to Tourism in Australia

Wicked Friends Profile Pages

Every Wicked Friend has their very own feature page which includes details about the business including their address, contact details and a link to their website (if they’ve got one). Not only that, every Wicked Friend is offering a discount or special offer exclusively to customers of Wicked Campers. To redeem these deals, simply rent a Wicked and let the company know you’re a Friend of the Wicked!

Examples of Recent Tourism Blog Posts include:

How Do I Use this Website?

WickedFriends dot com is a blog so that means it is frequently updated with the most recently published article appearing first on the home page. What that also means is that it’s a never ending story that anybody can contribute to… especially you! If you have something to contribute simply leave a comment below the relevant article. For more info on how to leave a blog comment, read the next paragraph!

Why Should I Comment? How Do I Make Comments?

Blogs enable open dialogue between the author/s and readers. Comments are the way to have your say on the topics we discuss here at WickedFriends dot com.

You should comment if you’ve got an opinion on something or a story to share about your travel experiences. Maybe you want to talk about a location you visited or an activity you participated in. Perhaps you have some questions or feedback for a specific Wicked Friend, if so, find their profile page and leave a comment there.

Perhaps you’re a jerk spammer looking to spam us with links to viagra pages, in which case we’ll delete your shit before it ever sees the light of day, you grubby little turd! :)

You can leave a comment by filling in the comment form below each post. If you can’t see the comment form, look for a link at the end of each article that has the word “comments” in it and click on that. Too Easy!

How Do I Find Wicked Friends Near My Current Location?

Lost? Find yourself and your Wicked Friends on The Backpackers Travel Map of Australia

You can also browse through a listing of all our Wicked Friends or use the links to the left and right of each page. These links are explained below…

Understanding the Categories and Links

The links to the left of the page are our way of giving a little bit of extra love to the Friends, Activities and Destinations we feel like featuring at any given time.

The links on the right of the page are Category links. Everytime a blog post is made we “tag” it as belonging to one or more categories in order to describe the contents of the post.

Say, for example, we blogged about Sunshine Coast Skydivers, a tandem skydiving company located in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. We might tag that post with skydiving, Caloundra, Sunshine Coast and Queensland. You could then click on those category links to see all posts made that have been tagged as belonging to that category.

Thank You, Wicked, For Empowering Me with Knowledge. How Can I Ever Repay You?

You’re most welcome… we don’t want you thinking this site is “as confusing as a shit fight in a chocolate factory”(?!), so it makes sense for us to help you find your way around.

…comment, Comment, COMMENT!!!

If you feel we’ve neglected to mention something important and you have a question for us, feel free to leave a comment below. If you’ve got a suggestion for an article topic or think you know how to run a blog better than we do (which is highly likely), squeeze off a nugget of wicked wisdom in the comments section! If you want to promote your own travel blog here, then please say G’Day and link to it in the comment section (just don’t spam us… you might get a slap).

…and last but not least…

Link to the Sexiest Tourism Blog in Australia: WickedFriends Dot Com

Got a Travel and/or Tourism Blog and/or Website of your very own? Share the love with your friends by linking to us, you clever little bugger! Write a review on WickedFriends, add us to your blogroll, hack the offical website of Tourism Australia and perform a 301 Redirect to us (actually, don’t do that!) and just link, link, link away! Don’t be afraid to link to pages other than the homepage and be sure to be thoughtful with your anchor text. If none of that made any sense to you, that’s ok!

Get Cracking!

Now you know how WickedFriends dot com works make sure to visit regularly, subscribe to our RSS Feed, comment liberally and ENJOY!

June 7th, 2007

Tour Fraser Island for Unique Experiences


Fraser Island Experience Tours
Address: 102 Boat Harbour Drive, Hervey Bay, Queensland 4655, Australia
Ph: 1800 833 433
Offer: We offer a $25 discount on our 2 day guided tour for Wicked Camper Rental customers.
Website: Fraser Island Experience Tours

With so many companies providing tours to Fraser Island it can be difficult deciding who to book with. Fraser Experience Tours, however, claim to be the smallest 2 day tour company on Fraser Island with a maximum of 14 guests per tour. That means a friendlier, more personal Fraser Island tour experience for you and your travel buddies.

Fraser Experience’s 2 day guided tours are ideal for you if you have limited time but still want to explore the awesome splendour of Fraser Island, including Indian Head and Lake Mackenzie. All meals are taken care of and Fraser Experience caters for special dietary requirements (i.e. vegetarianism and whatnot) - just let them know well before the trip departs.

Accommodation for Fraser tours is included in the package. Stay at Dilli Village in twin share accommodation with shared facilities. This is a BYO site so save money and buy your booze on the mainland to take with you. There are no additional costs, unless you wish to upgrade to your own room with ensuite.

Fraser Island Experience Tours have pick up and drop off locations in Rainbow Beach and Hervey Bay. Visit their website now to Book a Tour of Fraser Island with Fraser Island Experience Tours.

What else do these Wicked Friends have to offer? Read on!

Exclusive Fraser Island Tours for Group Bookings

Got more than one friend? Fraser Experience provide Exclusive Tours, which are perfect for large groups who wish to see Fraser Island within the comfort of purpose built 4WD Mitsubishi Canters. Each vehicle holds up to 14 passengers. With 2 of these vehicles available Fraser Experience can offer an exclusive tour for a maximum of 28 guests.

Follow the link to find out more about Exclusive Fraser Island Tours for Larger Groups

Build Your Own Fraser Island Tour

Want to roll your own special Fraser Island trip? Would you like to plan your own tour itinerary? Fraser Experience can provide customised tours for your needs on their specially built 4WD tour bus with a qualified guide, accommodation and food.

Follow the link to find out more about Building Your Own Fraser Island Tour

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June 4th, 2007

Ningaloo Reef Dreaming


Ningaloo Reef Dreaming

Address: 1 Maidstone Crescent, Exmouth WA 6707, Australia
Ph: 1800 994 210
Offer: 10% discount to all Wicked Camper customers if you book a Whale shark tour, Scuba diving tour or Snorkeling tour (unfortunately we can not give discount on the Navy Pier dive)
Website: Ningaloo Reef Dreaming

Dreaming of a Ningaloo Reef Whale Shark Eco Wildlife Adventure?

If you’re backpacking in Western Australia and fancy a spot of whalesharking (i.e. swimming with whale sharks), you’d be hard pressed to find a better whale shark tour provider than Ningaloo Reef Dreaming.

Located near Exmouth WA, Ningaloo Reef Dreaming deliver more whale shark adventure per pound than any of their local competitors. You see, when it comes to finding these gorgeous fish, Ningaloo Reef Dreaming has the edge by virtue of exclusive access to their very own spotter plane. This means you won’t have to wait for a half dozen other tourist boats to clear out before you get your chance to go swimming with whalesharks. This means you get more time to swim with the whale sharks off Ningaloo Reef!

If that’s not cool enough, Ningaloo Reef Dreaming has also been awarded the exclusive contract to dive the Exmouth Navy Pier, which is among the top 10 shore dives in the world and is famous for marine life including manta rays, dolphins and whales (in addition to whale sharks).

Dive and Snorkel the Ningaloo Reef and Muiron Islands

In addition to the whale sharky goodness on offer, Ningaloo Dreaming also offer the following activities:

What is a Whale Shark?

Wikipedia defines the whale shark as follows:

Rhincodon typus, is a slow filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species. This distinctively-marked shark is the only member of its genus Rhincodon and its family, Rhincodontidae (called Rhinodontes before 1984), which is grouped into the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea. The species is believed to have originated about 60 million years ago.

What does a Whale Shark look like?

Bear witness to this whale shark video on Youtube and see for yourself!


Aren’t they just adorable? Go on, pay Ningaloo Reef Dreaming a visit or freecall them on 1800 994 210 and have a whale shark experience of your very own!

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