Well it has been a very interesting week here at Nomads Westend Backpackers Hostel, Sydney.
We have had a record amount of rainfall over the weekend which rendered our elevators out of service for a short while. This left two members of staff (myself included) carrying bags down the stairs for check out and then back [...]
This week we have celebrated the one year anniversary of a real long-termer here at Nomads Westend Backpackers Hostel, American Joy Contress. Joy has spent one entire year in the same room, which was decorated with balloons on her anniversary. Joy is now even working for Nomads Westend Backpackers providing us with breakfast and a big smile [...]
Ok so February is here already in Sydney and there’s always things going on. Heres a break down of a few of the highlights, the top 6 reasons to visit Sydney this month.
Chinese New Year – 12th Feb – 28th Feb
Celebrations for the arrival of the Year of the Tiger bursts into Sydney from 12th [...]
Just so we don’t leave anyone out here are the dumbest tourist questions from the Aussies in the last installment of our stupidness series!
Thanks to The Daily Telegraph for the original story.
“CAN I catch a train from Fiji to New Zealand?” and “what type of car is needed to drive from the Great Barrier Reef [...]
After reading about the Darwin Awards recently we were very pleased to receive this link from www.news.com.au on the dumbest tourist questions ever asked – the reception team at Nomads Westend Backpackers Hostel have had their fair share of silly requests but these take the cake! Enjoy.
Tourism boards from around the world have revealed their [...]
Here at Nomads Westend Backpackers Hostel, Sydney we like a laugh – so enjoyed this email received today – not named after our beautiful Northern sister city but in fact named for stupid acts which support Darwin’s ’survival of the fittest’ theory…..
I just love the Burger King effort!!!
Here is the glorious winner:
1. When his 38 [...]
Ok so Australia’s Biggest Day is coming up on Tuesday the 26th and if you are thinking of being in Sydney then there is plenty going on to suit all tastes, sounds, smells and sights. Here are a few highlights to give you a few ideas on what you can get up to.
There will be all day [...]
Here at Nomads Westend Backpackers Hostel in Sydney we received this warning email – stay careful boys!
Police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties & local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink by any woman. Many females use a date-drug on the market called ‘Beer ‘ .
The drug is [...]
We have a few big nights here at Nomads Westend Backpackers Hostel in Sydney and this email we received is a great way for backpackers to determine what kind of Hangover tomorrow morning will bring.
1 star hangover
No pain. no real feeling of illness. You slept in your own bed and when you woke up [...]
Here at Nomads Westend Backpackers Hostel we unfortunately will soon be loosing our ‘dutchies’, the Dutch Interns here at the hostel. No longer will we here the girls scream for the ‘Pretty Side Bar Boys’ on our Live music Nights, no longer will we see Sigrid making puppy eyes at Adam, and no longer will we here [...]
