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Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel in Melbourne is running a wicked special for the month of May. Book in for 2 nights and receive your first night for only $10.00!*

Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel is Melbourne’s first ‘Flashpackers’. We take backpacking to the next level with our en-suited dorms, cinema lounge, on-site bar, travel desk, roof-top sun deck and BBQ facilities. Come stay with us and travel in style for only $10.00!*

Treat yourself to good night’s rest and snap up a bargain bed at Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel Melbourne.

*Conditions apply. Contact Nomads Industry for details.

Swamped with brochures struggling to decide on the best tour company? Come visit our Melbourne Backpackers Hostel travel desk, sit back, relax, and let the experts do all the work for you at Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel.

Melbourne is the cultural capital of Australia brimming with theatres, art galleries, markets, cafes and live music events. Being immersed in such a vibrant, bustling city with 4 million other souls it’s easy to forget there is stunning nature and wildlife right at our doorstep.

Come chat with our staff at Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel in central Melbourne and we’ll help you plan your adventure out of the city- at an affordable price.

A trip to Melbourne isn’t complete without a visit to the world renowned Great Ocean Road. Cruise along the picturesque coastline and soak up its many waterfalls, rainforests, spectacular scenery and impressive rock formations. Ahhh, the serenity!

If wildlife’s your thing take a day trip out to explore Phillip Island and as the sun goes down watch in wonder as hundreds of penguins make their way up the shore at the famous Penguin Parade.

Meet all your favourite Ramsay Street stars on the Official Neighbours Tour, or experience the good things in life on a winery tour of the Yarra Valley…whatever takes your fancy!

Don’t miss out on the great deals and awesome prizes to be won at our Melbourne Backpackers Hostel Bar. Swing by Nomads Industry Bar and Lounge Wednesday nights, join in the madcap fun and games and be in to win a Great Ocean Road, Phillip Island or Neighbours Tour!

Travelling on a tight budget? No worries. Ask the friendly Melbourne Backpackers Hostel staff about current specials and great discounts available with the Nomads Card and get more bang for your buck.

For more information about Melbourne Tours and Activities CONTACT Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel or phone 1800 447 762 and get the inside knowledge from our friendly staff.

Nomads Fat Camel backpackers hostel is preparing itself for an influx of Elton John fans tomorrow. All the Backpackers Hostel staff are glamming themselves up in preparation for one of the most popular performers of the last few decades to play at Aucklands Vector Arena which is only a stones throw away from Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel.

If you’re planning on seeing your favourite performer play at Vector Arena, be sure to book your accommodation at Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel in advance so that you don’t miss out. You can also come to The Fat Camel Backpackers Bar for cheap drinks before and after any gig that you go to!

Email us at Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel for more information about our room rates.

Nomads Capital Backpackers Hostel staff and its Wellington Backpackers are keen to make the most of New Zealand Music Month.

New Zealand Music Month is a good chance for many promising bands to make a name for themselves and for us to celebrate the music and make the most of all the free concerts. All of the following bands are playing at venues within walking distance of Nomads Capital Backpackers Hostel in Wellington:

The Harbour City Electric, HDU, Psycroptic Ruins w/Backyard Burial, Slave Cadavar & Gortology, Dick Johnson - album release tour, Charlie Ash with MC Stormtroopa, Trimasterbate, Heat, Like Me, Cosmic Rays of Death, DJ T-Bones, The Hot Grits - album release tour, Pacific Base Culture, Otis Mace, Greg Franco, NZ String Quartet w/ Philip Green, NZSO May Subscription Tour ft. Bonk by Peter Scholes, The Constituents, Antix (DJ set), Baby Pops Wellington ft. Marc Taddei, Vector Wellington Orchestra, Janet Roddick, Flowz and The Usos, Wilberforces, Sharpie Crows & Rifles, Twig Records Night, Grayson Gilmour, The Have, Reson8 and Faster She Said, Black Eyed Suzie, Kabanaz… 

just to name a few.

Nomads Capital Backpackers youth hostel is conveniently located within a few minutes walk from all the venues as well as the major pubs and clubs. So come and celebrate New Zealand Music Month with us. Email Nomads Capital Backpackers Hostel for more information

Cairns in North Queensland, a travellers paradise! There is something for everyone to enjoy and the staff at Nomads Esplanade Backpackers Hostel can give you heaps of advice on how to spend your time.

At the moment our recommended activity is to go and see the whales whose yearly migration has started early. Normally they migrate between June and July but Nomads Esplanade Backpackers Hostel staff were thrilled to learn that they’ve already been spotted.

They’re such curious creatures that they would swim within meters from you! At our Cairns Backpackers Tour Desk we know “Eco-companies” that can take you for a ride for a few days to see these amazing animals up close!

Come and see us at Nomads Esplanade Backpackers Hostel for the swim of a life time!!!

Head down to Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel in Melbourne this Saturday and join our Melbourne Backpackers in their next themed party “Traffic Light.”

Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel guests are big fans of fancy dress parties and this weeks theme is easy and fun: come dressed in green, orange or red. TRAFFIC LIGHT!!!

Join in Nomads Industry’s colour coded match making scheme and search for your soul mate. Red is hard to get, Orange means you can try your luck.. and Green is keen and easy. So dress to impress! The party action kicks off at 8 PM with $10.00 jugs of cider and $3.00 Traffic Light shots ALL NIGHT.

Scoot down to Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel Bar in Melbourne this weekend, soak up the sweet tunes and even sweeter drink specials and who knows, maybe you’ll even meet your true love…

The accountant at Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel in Auckland has decided that one of the backpackers hostel staff members - Kate (who is admittedly getting on a bit), should be married by December 25th. If she hasn’t found anyone to marry by December 1st then apparently it’s up to the Auckland Backpackers staff to find a man for her!

Kate is a little bit put out by the suggestion that she should be married by her age but she was pleased that Sri the backpackers hostel accountant thinks that other staff members should also be thinking about settling down!

So if there are any men out there who feel the need to get married by December please send photos to Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel!

Melbourne Backpackers Hostel Nomads Industry turned a shade of orange last Wednesday to celebrate the Dutch Queens Day, a major public holiday back in the Netherlands and the perfect excuse for another massive party at our Melbourne Backpackers Youth Hostel.

The Dutch style party was led by our very own Melbourne Backpackers Hostel Dutch intern Sabine who made sure tradition was honored with crazy Dutch games, delicious Dutch treats and an hilarious attempt at the anthem by our many non-Dutch backpackers.

The Melbourne Backpackers Hostel Bar was a sea of orange as the glowing party goers grooved on the dance-floor to the disco beat and enjoyed their mega cheap Heineken.

Our orange party shakers laughed the night away and a fun filled evening was had by all, well worth the hideous hangovers plaguing many of the backpackers the following day.

Central Auckland Backpackers Bar The Fat Camel is slowly recovering after two very busy nights! All the Foo Fighter fans joined our long and short term youth hostel guests at Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel before and after the two sold out concerts at Vector Arena.

Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel and Bar is less than 5 minutes walk away from Vector Arena so it was the perfect place to have a few drinks before and after each of the Foo Fighter gigs!

The Auckland Backpackers Hostel even shouted all those fans their first drink when they returned to The Fat Camel Bar. Thanks to all the fans who behaved exceptionally well during their stay with us at Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel.

If there’s an event coming up at Vector Arena and you don’t want to miss out, make sure you organise your accommodation in advance. Email Nomads Fat Camel for more information on room rates or check out our website. 

Melbourne’s Craziest Backpackers Bar Industry Bar and Lounge experienced an hour of insanity Sunday afternoon when the Melbourne Backpackers Hostel Bar was flooded with hordes of students on the drunken leg of their pub crawl.

Our Melbourne Backpackers leisurely Sunday session was interrupted as the students stormed the bar, ‘Time Warp’ erupted on the sound system and madness ensued. No stranger to wild parties our Melbourne Hostel Backpackers couldn’t help getting caught up in the revelry and threw back a couple jagerbombs for good measure.

As the students crawled off to the next pub the Melbourne Hostel Backpackers reclaimed their bar and took a load off as they marveled at the astonishing antics of an intoxicated Australian youth.

If you’re looking for the perfect venue for your next birthday party or function, check out Industry Bar and Lounge, part of Nomads Industry Backpackers Hostel in central Melbourne and let the fun begin..