That’s right, the Backstreet Boys are playing Live at Auckland’s Vector Arena on March 11th.
What little girl who lived in the 90’s didn’t love Backstreet Boys??
….actually who in the 90’s didn’t like Backstreet Boys??
They are a classic and are one of the biggest boy bands ever! And they are on there way to New Zealand for one show only!!
The [...]

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One of Aucklands most popular summer events in almost here. The Auckland Lantern Festival brings Chinese New Year celebrations to a glowing finale with hundreds of beautiful lanterns, and lots of craft stalls, food stalls, fireworks and lots of performers such as martial arts performers from New Zealand and overseas.
This annual Auckland Event [...]

Coming up this weekend, in Auckland, (Feb 19th) is Splore Festival, a music festival in Tapapakanga Regional Park, 72km out of Auckland centre. Big names from the US and UK such as Basement Jaxx and Lupe Fiasco will be there alongside Kiwi band Tahuna Breaks and George FM’s own Nick D. If your in Auckland [...]

Last Thursdays awesome Mud Wrestling challenge in The Camel Bar on Fort Street (ground floor of Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel) was just SO DAMN GOOD that we decided to have another wrestling challenge this week!
This week is set to be even better as not only do we have SPAGHETTI Wrestling – but the awesome [...]

Auckland is soon to filled with crazy costumes and catchy tunes as Lady Gaga is arriving to perform at Auckland’s Vector Arena on March 13th.
If you are lucky enough to have tickets to see Lady Gaga at the Vector Arena then why not stay at Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel, the closest Auckland hostel to [...]

Yes that right folks were doing mud wrestling @ Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel!
Thursday the 11th Feb. Heaps of prizes to give away thanks to Tourism Rotorua! And HEAPS of drink specials!!
It’s going be an awesome night and a funny one too! Come down and get involved in the wrestling or just spectate with a [...]

The Mission Bay Jazz festival, Auckland’s top jazz and blues festival, is back on this year!
There are lots of awesome Jazz and Blues musicians to come see along with heaps of fun cultural activities to get involved in.
The Mission Bay Jazz Festival is on Saturday the 27th of Febuary from 6-11pm. There is an entry [...]

Who doesn’t like Pizza?  In Auckland there are Pizza places aplenty to satisfy your cravings but where are the top 5 places in Auckland to get pizza?  Pizza is obviously very important to people and ranked very highly as one of the Weird foods that backpackers miss when travelling.  So here is the top 5 [...]

A must do this summer is take a trip on the Stray bus to experience the Bay of Islands and take in the beautiful sights and wildlife or get involved in the activities that New Zealand has to offer.
The trip up on the Stray bus is full of action, stopping off at places like Goat [...]

26th January 2010 at Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel & Bar….. Australia Day was just another reason for us to host a party in The Camel Bar on Fort Street in Auckland, and ill tell you we don’t need much of a reason or an excuse to have fun here. So we went all out [...]