Our story
Backpackers helping backpackers.
We started Backpack Australia from a Kombi in Byron Bay, with nothing but a laptop and a year of mistakes worth sharing. Today it's a community of 50,000+ travellers.
Our mission
Make the Aussie dream
simple.
The working-holiday visa changed our lives. But the path to getting here — visas, jobs, tax files, second-year sign-offs — is buried under outdated forums and bad advice. We exist to cut through the noise with practical, up-to-date guides written for real backpackers.
Whether you're picking mangoes in Bowen or pulling pints in Melbourne, we want you to land softer, earn faster, and travel further than we did.
What we stand for
Four values, zero fluff.
Honest first
No fake gloss. We tell you what worked, what didn't, and why.
By backpackers
Everything we publish is written by people who lived it on the road.
For 18–35s
Tailored to working-holiday makers, gap year travellers and free spirits.
Always free
Our core guides will always be free — supported by trusted partners.
The journey
From a Kombi to a community.
2019
First road trip
A simple blog from a Kombi in Byron Bay.
2021
10K subscribers
The community took on a life of its own.
2023
YouTube launch
Weekly vlogs from across the country
2026
50K+ helped
Now the largest backpacker hub in AU