Latest News & Gossip from Planet Inn

A Star is Born…

This last week at Planet Inn Backpackers, we organised a Quiz Night in our bar lounge for current and former guests and friends. Although we had a slightly delayed start to the quiz, the multi-cultural teams got into the spirit of things and it was very keenly contested! Well that is, until Madi came home from work… After a spell of intense brain... [Read more of this review]

Kim’s Engaged!

Kim and Michael It’s official – the news we’ve been awaiting… Tony’s daughter and Planet Inn Backpackers’ very own Kim Inman and her long-standing heartthrob, Michael Hopper, have finally taken that giant leap into coupledom, the diamond ring has been purchased and they have announced their engagement. Details of... [Read more of this review]

Latest News on Miss and Mr Club Red and Planet Inn Backpacker Contest

These lovely girls are featured in our Miss Backpacker Gallery. L to R : Jane Strand, Claire Boardman, Sarah Arkell, Lynsey Moore. This guy is our first handsome entrant and is featured in the Mr Backpacker Gallery. Scott Hillis The following have agreed to enter the contests and we are just awaiting the right photos to add them to the galleries... [Read more of this review]

Mr & Miss Planet Inn Backpacker Contest!

Jane Strand We are very fortunate to meet so many nice people in our Industry and particularly so many attractive ones. A lot of you will no doubt remember me waffling on in a drunken stupor at our bar that I have often thought we should shoot a Planet Inn calendar. Why? Politically correct answer: Because we all appreciate beauty! Now of course beauty... [Read more of this review]

Catching Crayfish

Tony and his crayfish! Although I have been scuba diving for over three years now and have qualified to the level of PADI Recue Diver, I have only recently experienced the joy of diving for crayfish. Some of my friends have been engaging in this ‘cat and mouse’ game for a while now, while I have always preferred to leave marine life undisturbed,... [Read more of this review]

“Alcoholic” Cats at the Planet Inn Perth

People who have pets often treat them as part of the family, and at Planet Inn we feel the same way. Many young travelers miss their pets and even some of the most committed ‘dog people’ say that they have taken a shine to our ever so chilled out hostel cats. Our two remaining cats, ‘Bourbon’ and ‘Champagne’ are on the payroll working conscientiously... [Read more of this review]

The Planet Inn 13th Birthday Party was a Blast!

Around 15 ½ years ago, a guy named Steve decided that he was going to turn the old house into a backpackers. That wasn’t the first time this property had hosted international travelers. Many years earlier it had been a lodge and was known as ‘Travelmates’. 2½ years later, on March 1st 1996, I took over the hostel, which many of you knew as Redbackpackers,... [Read more of this review]

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